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If you are a hay seller you can use a good forage test to describe how much your hay is worth, and of course buyers can use forage results to pick and choose for the specific feeding qualities they want.
There are three marketing options available. The Central Virginia Hay Market Guide is a listing published out of Fluvanna County Extension office that asks for but does not require a forage test. They charge a $5 listing fee and require that the hay be of Virginia origin. Local Extension offices can take your consignments of either hay or straw and will ask for a type of hay, cutting, amounts, bale type and weight, forage analysis, price at the farm and is delivery available. Using a forage anaylsis and listing the price are optional. This guide will be published on Oct. 1 so submit your listings now.
VDACS has a Virginia Hay Clearing House that lists hay supply for the entire state by regions. We happen to have a Culpeper regional listing that includes counties around us. This listing includes if you are buying or selling and all of the same information as described above. Forage results are optional and there is no charge to use this listing. Call 804-786-3947 to list your hay with VDACS.
The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council has a Hay Tel-o-Auction. They require hay sellers to: be VFGC member, use forage testing results, offer only high quality hay and pay 4 percent of the sale price to cover marketing and bonding costs. Contact the Pulaski County Extension office to consign at (703) 9807761.
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