How Smart Farmers Store Hay for Winter! It's COMMON SENSE #farming #cow #farmer

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This video, while primarily featuring hay bale storage, presents a core economic principle applicable to constructing firewood storage towers using modular units: the importance of a cost-benefit analysis before investing in expensive, permanent structures. It demonstrates the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of decentralized, outdoor modular storage for bulky materials like hay, emphasizing that the material remains viable despite not being housed in a costly barn. This principle can guide decisions for efficient and economical firewood storage solutions.

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The hay that's up at the top of the hill will serve a field over there. The hay is stored in the perspective pasture that it's going to be utilized. The reason we do this and we don't stuff it in a barn is because we don't want to build a $40,000 barn to save $3 per bail of hay. Okay? So, if I'm rolling out 200 bales of hay per year times three bucks, that's $600. How many barns can you build for 600 bucks? You can't build a $40,000 bar. How many years would it take to recoup 40 grand to build a hay barn to stuff my hay into to save $3 per bail?

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