Ahhh beet pulp shortage!!

Hideaway · 09-05-2008, 02:01 PM

I went to my feed store to get my usual beet pulp and they're out so I asked when they'd have more ... OCTOBER?!!! Supposedly the plant is out or low and will not have more until they harvest it.

I'm shaking in my skin but luckily found five bags at a local tractor supply store for *drum roll please* $14.99.

Better than the two bags at the local feed store that "might be here somewhere" for $16.90.)

Why when there's a shortage do people take advantage of the situation and hike up the price? They didn't pay that much for it.

Anyway .. I wanted to alert those who use the pulp to maybe stock up. I have four horses on it and couldn't afford to replace it with something else! I go through too much pulp!

**gbarmranch** · 09-05-2008, 02:03 PM

That is a major reason we switched to alfalfa cubes.. we have been out here since July!

Hideaway · 09-05-2008, 02:05 PM

Really?

You're holding out on me!!!!

Do they work the same? Bear bear won't eat them unless they're dry and then he forgets to chew. I think I can only get cubes here.

calicocalgirl · 09-05-2008, 02:09 PM

Beet pulp is up in price alot.. ours is cost plus and is over $13 a bag..

**gbarmranch** · 09-05-2008, 02:16 PM

The alfalfa is $11.95 a bag because we buy it by the pallet - we save $1.00 a bag.. We soak ours.. about two huge coffee cans full of already soaked cubes when I weighed it out equals one good sized flake of alfalfa..

Crookedblaze · 09-05-2008, 02:24 PM

Our boarder gets beet pulp for her horses, and out here it's $16 a bag and we arn't even having a shortage. O.O

horsemom4 · 09-05-2008, 04:20 PM

I was shocked too the other day when I bought beet pulp. It was 15.99 a bag at our local feed store. !!!!!

Rockin GR · 09-05-2008, 04:25 PM

Wow! I manage the feed sales for the coop I work for. Our beet pulp is what I consider high at $13.50 (but so is everything else), but I have had no supply problems at all. I don't sell much of it in this region.

ARSPSB · 09-05-2008, 04:26 PM

I pay $17 a bag... good thing I only have one horse on it. It has been a bit harder to get but not much.

KW Horses · 09-05-2008, 04:46 PM

We're out here until October also. I was told that the people who manufacture had exported too much and now there was a shortage here. All four of mine are on beet pulp. We managed to find a place in Ocala who still had some, and we bought 3 40lb. bags. Hopefully they really will have some more in October.

Texas Paints N Arabs · 09-05-2008, 04:55 PM

My normal feed supplier was out as well, got the same story, none until October. Luckily I was able to find 2 bags at another store which will last me almost a month and then hopefully we will have more in October. Most people used to not even know what the stuff was and it was plentiful, I guess word is getting around!!

XtendedTrot · 09-05-2008, 09:25 PM

Ultra Bloom-love this stuff! $20 per feed sized bag

myboyjake · 09-10-2008, 11:17 PM

is there a big difference between adding beet pulp to your feed or buying a feed with beet pulp in it? I use a feed with beet pulp in it. I also found this report...here is a link

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=12523

Cariboo · 09-10-2008, 11:23 PM

Argh, I went to get beet pulp last week and they were out. I paid for it and they said it should be there this week. Haven't made it to town yet, hope we aren't fixing to have a problem here.

Hideaway · 09-11-2008, 07:39 AM

Buying feed with beet pulp in it is a good idea but add quite a bit more $$ to the bill.

Luckily I was able to buy a few at Tractor Supply. It wasn't the typical manufacturer but I like this brand much much better and so do the critters! I will try to get the name and number off the bag. Maybe that will help some of you? I go through so much I'm tempted to buy direct!

BarnBum · 09-11-2008, 10:17 AM

Seminole Feeds have beet pulp in them.

Red Gate Farm · 09-11-2008, 12:24 PM

No shortage in my area and the price is steady. I think I'll stock up just in case.

myboyjake · 09-12-2008, 04:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hideaway

Buying feed with beet pulp in it is a good idea but add quite a bit more $$ to the bill.

Luckily I was able to buy a few at Tractor Supply. It wasn't the typical manufacturer but I like this brand much much better and so do the critters! I will try to get the name and number off the bag. Maybe that will help some of you? I go through so much I'm tempted to buy direct!

do you ad it to your grain? if so then would the cost be about the same or maybe higher?

PaintsQH · 09-12-2008, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarnBum

Seminole Feeds have beet pulp in them.

Yep, and flax meal and stabalized rice bran. Saves me a ton of money getting feed with it already in it. Horses all look fantastic. Our TSC and feed stores have it. Its 12.00 I think at TSC, feed store is much more.

**gbarmranch** · 09-12-2008, 05:39 AM

I wish our TSC carried Seminole... From what I have heard, it is one of the better feed choices out there - but for some reason, hard to come by up here..

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09-05-2008, 02:01 PM
Hideaway Coming two Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 1,935	Ahhh beet pulp shortage!! I went to my feed store to get my usual beet pulp and they're out so I asked when they'd have more ... OCTOBER?!!! Supposedly the plant is out or low and will not have more until they harvest it. I'm shaking in my skin but luckily found five bags at a local tractor supply store for drum roll please $14.99. Better than the two bags at the local feed store that "might be here somewhere" for $16.90.) Why when there's a shortage do people take advantage of the situation and hike up the price? They didn't pay that much for it. Anyway .. I wanted to alert those who use the pulp to maybe stock up. I have four horses on it and couldn't afford to replace it with something else! I go through too much pulp! __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

09-05-2008, 02:03 PM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,218	That is a major reason we switched to alfalfa cubes.. we have been out here since July! __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

09-05-2008, 02:05 PM
Hideaway Coming two Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 1,935	Really? You're holding out on me!!!! Do they work the same? Bear bear won't eat them unless they're dry and then he forgets to chew. I think I can only get cubes here. __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

09-05-2008, 02:09 PM
calicocalgirl Greenbroke Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Belleville, Pa Posts: 3,034	Beet pulp is up in price alot.. ours is cost plus and is over $13 a bag..

09-05-2008, 02:16 PM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,218	The alfalfa is $11.95 a bag because we buy it by the pallet - we save $1.00 a bag.. We soak ours.. about two huge coffee cans full of already soaked cubes when I weighed it out equals one good sized flake of alfalfa.. __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

09-05-2008, 02:24 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,360	Our boarder gets beet pulp for her horses, and out here it's $16 a bag and we arn't even having a shortage. O.O __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

09-05-2008, 04:20 PM
horsemom4 Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 220	I was shocked too the other day when I bought beet pulp. It was 15.99 a bag at our local feed store. !!!!!

09-05-2008, 04:25 PM
Rockin GR Halter broke Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canton, KS Posts: 136	Wow! I manage the feed sales for the coop I work for. Our beet pulp is what I consider high at $13.50 (but so is everything else), but I have had no supply problems at all. I don't sell much of it in this region.

09-05-2008, 04:26 PM
ARSPSB Weanling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: maricopa, arizona Posts: 483	>> I pay $17 a bag... good thing I only have one horse on it. It has been a bit harder to get but not much.

09-05-2008, 04:46 PM
KW Horses Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: DeLand,FL Posts: 226	We're out here until October also. I was told that the people who manufacture had exported too much and now there was a shortage here. All four of mine are on beet pulp. We managed to find a place in Ocala who still had some, and we bought 3 40lb. bags. Hopefully they really will have some more in October.

09-05-2008, 04:55 PM
Texas Paints N Arabs Long Yearling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,172	My normal feed supplier was out as well, got the same story, none until October. Luckily I was able to find 2 bags at another store which will last me almost a month and then hopefully we will have more in October. Most people used to not even know what the stuff was and it was plentiful, I guess word is getting around!! __________________ Horses help take us to a place which we cannot reach by ourselves

09-05-2008, 09:25 PM
XtendedTrot Halter broke Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 98	Ultra Bloom-love this stuff! $20 per feed sized bag

09-10-2008, 11:17 PM
myboyjake Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: ohio Posts: 155	is there a big difference between adding beet pulp to your feed or buying a feed with beet pulp in it? I use a feed with beet pulp in it. I also found this report...here is a link http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=12523 Last edited by myboyjake : 09-10-2008 at 11:41 PM.

09-10-2008, 11:23 PM
Cariboo Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 347	Argh, I went to get beet pulp last week and they were out. I paid for it and they said it should be there this week. Haven't made it to town yet, hope we aren't fixing to have a problem here.

09-11-2008, 07:39 AM
Hideaway Coming two Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 1,935	Buying feed with beet pulp in it is a good idea but add quite a bit more $$ to the bill. Luckily I was able to buy a few at Tractor Supply. It wasn't the typical manufacturer but I like this brand much much better and so do the critters! I will try to get the name and number off the bag. Maybe that will help some of you? I go through so much I'm tempted to buy direct! __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

09-11-2008, 10:17 AM
BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,542	Seminole Feeds have beet pulp in them. __________________ Murphys Horse Law - A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching !!

09-11-2008, 12:24 PM
Red Gate Farm Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 980	No shortage in my area and the price is steady. I think I'll stock up just in case. __________________ Wendi "Humans is sneaky" - Scotty

09-12-2008, 05:39 AM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,218	I wish our TSC carried Seminole... From what I have heard, it is one of the better feed choices out there - but for some reason, hard to come by up here.. __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar