Monday November 18, 2019

19 loads.

Market was called steady on a light test today.

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DON’T FORGET: Monday sales have started!! ATTENTION ALL HAY HAULERS: The road through Hudson is OPEN!

Alfalfa:6

SIZE   LBS    $/TON CUT

3x4   50120 260.00 4th

lgrd  44040 130.00 2nd

lgrd  50950 127.50 2nd

lgrd  47620 125.00

lgrd  43200 125.00 3rd

lgrd  45820 120.00 3rd

GRASS: 11

SIZE   LBS  $/TON

lgrd  48760 145.00

lgrd  44400 135.00

lgrd  50220 125.00

lgrd  40600 125.00

lgrd  35920 110.00

lgrd   9880 107.50

lgrd  50940  95.00

lgrd  35580  90.00

lgrd  49780  90.00

lgrd  38780  90.00

lgrd  51620  75.00

** I went to my nearby pharmacy and asked to speak to the pharmacist on duty. As I waited, I took out my little brown bottle, along with a teaspoon and set them up on the counter. The pharmacist came over, smiled, and asked if he could help me. I said, “Yes! Could you please taste this for me?” Seeing a senior citizen, the pharmacist went along. He took the spoon, put a tiny bit of the liquid on it, put it on his tongue and swished it around. Then, with a stomach-churning look on his face, he spat it out on the floor and began coughing. When he was finally finished, I looked him right in the eye and asked, “Now, does that taste sweet to you?” The pharmacist, shaking his head back and forth with a venomous look in his eyes yelled, “ABSOLUTELY NOT!” I said, “Oh, thank God! That’s a real relief! My doctor told me to have a pharmacist test my urine for sugar.”

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday November 14, 2019

59 loads.

The better alfalfa sold well and mid to lower quality alfalfa sold mostly steady. Grass continues to sell steady. We had several loads of preventive plant hay in today – baled mostly out of condition and not much demand. There was not much straw, but straw is selling steady. Cornstalks settled in the 50’s today.
DON’T FORGET: Monday sales have started!! ATTENTION ALL HAY HAULERS: The road through Hudson is OPEN!

Alfalfa:18

SIZE   LBS    $/TON CUT

3x3   57340 275.00 4th

3x4   58140 260.00 4th

3x4   49140 240.00 3rd

3x4   49960 240.00 3rd

3x4   48960 195.00 3rd

3x4   57400 195.00 1st

lgrd  47780 225.00 4th

lgrd  45620 180.00 1st

lgrd   2660 167.50

lgrd  50240 160.00 4th

lgrd  55440 142.50 4th

lgrd  12940 140.00 1st

lgrd  48300 135.00 2nd

lgrd  51280 130.00 2nd

lgrd  45860 125.00 1st

lgrd  54500 125.00 2nd

lgrd  51620 122.50 1st

lgrd  57360 112.50 1st

GRASS: 22

SIZE   LBS  $/TON

3x4   45260 187.50

3x4   53780 115.00

lgrd  52140 145.00

lgrd  55140 142.50

lgrd  43740 137.50

lgrd  10080 135.00

lgrd  46380 122.50

lgrd  41460 120.00

lgrd  41280 120.00

lgrd  49460 115.00

lgrd  54320 115.00

lgrd  46900 112.50

lgrd  28080 112.50

lgrd  44100 110.00

lgrd  41120 110.00

lgrd  48380 105.00

lgrd  45080 105.00

lgrd  20920 105.00

lgrd  30130 100.00

lgrd  36000  95.00

lgrd  38280  95.00

lgrd  33800  92.50

** What if a slug is actually just a snail that went through a divorce and his wife got the house?
**Why can’t you explain puns to a kleptomaniac? Because they are always taking things literally.
** What did the pirate say when he turned 80? Aye matey!
** I’m dating this wonderful girl and she has a twin. People often ask me how I can tell them apart- but it’s easy, really. Jane likes to paint her fingernails and Tom has a willie.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday November 11, 2019

16 loads.

We would like to thank all veterans past and present for your service to our country. We had a very small crowd in today. Market was lower on a very light test with very little buyer interest.

DON’T FORGET: Monday sales have started!! ATTENTION ALL HAY HAULERS: The road through Hudson is closed and you will not be able to get through that way. It will remain closed until further notice.

Alfalfa:5

SIZE   LBS    $/TON CUT

lgrd  52040 135.00 2nd

lgrd  51980 130.00

lgrd  45920 130.00 3rd

lgrd  48340 120.00 2nd

lgrd  34780 102.50

GRASS: 8

SIZE   LBS  $/TON

3x4   58540  92.50

lgrd  48800 145.00

lgrd   9720 135.00

lgrd  47200 125.00

lgrd  47840 125.00

lgrd  49780 125.00

lgrd  50240 117.50

lgrd  45300  45.00

** My husband and I were dressed and ready to go out for a lovely evening of dinner and theater. Having been burgled in the past, we turned on a ‘night light’ and then put the cat in the backyard. When our Uber arrived, we walked out our front door and out rather chubby cat scooted between our legs inside and ran up the stairs. Because our cat likes to chase our parakeet, we didn’t want to leave them unchaperoned, so my husband ran inside to retrieve her and put her in the back yard again. Because I didn’t want the Uber driver to know our house was going to be empty all night, I explained to him that my husband would be out momentarily as he was just bidding my mother. A few minutes later he got into the Uber all hot and bothered and said (to my growing horror and amusement) as the car pulled away, “Sorry it took so long, but the big stupid was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her in the butt with a coat hanger to get her to come out. She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck and wrapped her in a blanket so she wouldn’t scratch me like she did last time. But it worked! I hauled her fat butt down the stairs and threw her into the backyard. She had better not poop in the vegetable garden again.” The silence in the Uber was deafening.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday November 7, 2019

53 loads.

Thank you to all the participants in the chili cook-off! It was a great success! Paul was the winner (the employees think the contest was rigged.) We had some excellent alfalfa in today. Alfalfa sold a little lower today. We had decent buyer attendance, but poor buyer participation. Grass sold mostly steady. Limited supply on new stalks in today but sold well- lightly tested. No straw sold today.

DON’T FORGET: Monday sales have started!! ATTENTION ALL HAY HAULERS: The road through Hudson is closed and you will not be able to get through that way. It will remain closed until further notice.

Alfalfa:18

SIZE   LBS    $/TON CUT

3x3   56180 265.00 4th

3x3   48760 220.00 3rd

3x4   46780 225.00 2nd

3x4   54120 225.00 3rd

3x4   54160 200.00 2nd

lgrd  45200 200.00 3rd

lgrd  13640 165.00 1st

lgrd  49080 150.00 2nd

lgrd  44800 137.50 2nd

lgrd  47400 130.00 2nd

lgrd  44260 125.00 4th

lgrd  51660 122.50 2nd

lgrd  45180 120.00 2nd

lgrd  46880 120.00 2nd

lgrd  49740 120.00 2nd

lgrd  37940 117.50 2nd

lgrd  52560 112.50 2nd

lgrd  44260 107.50 2nd

GRASS: 25

SIZE   LBS  $/TON

3x4   48160 150.00

lgrd  43460 167.50

lgrd  58220 137.50

lgrd  57100 130.00

lgrd  20320 130.00

lgrd  48580 127.50

lgrd  55940 127.50

lgrd  33360 125.00

lgrd  47420 125.00

lgrd  49900 125.00

lgrd  50200 122.50

lgrd  49200 120.00

lgrd  54260 120.00

lgrd  44880 115.00

lgrd  41160  115.00

lgrd  54200 112.50

lgrd  39960 112.50

lgrd  41040 112.50

lgrd  47940 112.50

lgrd               105.00

lgrd  38520 100.00

lgrd  35180  97.50

lgrd  34020  97.50

lgrd  39640  95.00

lgrd  52780  92.50  oats

** Minnesota is under a tornado warning. It is advised that everyone seek shelter in the Vikings stadium. No chance of a touchdown there!

**I rang the doctor and said, “Quick! My wife pregnant wife is going into labor, what should I do?” He said, “Is this her first child?” I replied, “No, this is her husband.”

 

 

 

 

 

Monday November 4, 2019

23 loads.

We had a good 1^st Monday sale. Prices remained pretty steady. We will be having Monday and Thursday sales every week for the next six months. Come early on Thursday to taste all the chili at our chili cook off!!

Alfalfa:7

SIZE   LBS    $/TON CUT

3x4   50600 245.00

lgrd  45980 140.00 1st

lgrd  48460 132.50 1st

lgrd  49460 132.50 2nd

lgrd  48320 127.50 1st

lgrd  46800 125.00 2nd

lgrd  43820 122.50

GRASS: 14

SIZE   LBS  $/TON

lgrd  44100 152.50

lgrd  47420 145.00

lgrd  42060 130.00

lgrd  54580 122.50

lgrd  36960 120.00

lgrd  38460 120.00

lgrd  33920 102.50

lgrd  36480 102.50

lgrd  48180  97.50

lgrd  48800  90.00

lgrd  52200  87.50 oats hay

lgrd  49420  75.00 red clover

lgrd  45620  15.00 damaged

lgrd  45420  15.00 damaged

lgrd  47200  15.00 damaged

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry, ma’am, you duck has passed away.”

“Are you sure?” the distressed woman wailed.

“Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead,” he replied.

“How can you be so sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t even done any testing… he might just be in a coma.”

The vet rolled his, turned, and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador retriever. As the lady looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the exam table and sniffed the duck top to bottom. He looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few moments later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back, shook its head and meowed and softly strolled away.

The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.”

The vet turned to his computer, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.

She took the bill, still in shock. “$1500!” she cried. “$1500 just to tell me my duck is dead!”

The vet just shrugged, “I’m sorry, but if you would have just taken my word for it, it would have been $20. With the Lab report and the Cat Scan, it is now $1500.”