The fine print, in plain English.

Six things to know.

• BaleWise is an information service. We list hay prices; we don't sell hay, and we're not part of any sale between you and a seller.
• Always confirm with the seller before hauling. Prices, stock, and quality change fast — and the seller's word beats our board.
• "Verified" means we saw a live source on the date shown — not that we inspected the hay or guarantee the price.
• We collect only what you type into our forms, plus standard anonymous visit counts. We never sell your information.
• Listing a seller is not an endorsement, and sellers don't pay to be listed.
• Sellers: want a listing changed or removed? One message and it's handled.

Terms of use.

BaleWise (balewise.com) is a free public price board. By using it you agree to a few common-sense terms:

• Information only. Everything on the board — prices, weights, verdicts, distances — is provided for your information, as-is, with no warranty of accuracy, completeness, or availability. Bale weights are often estimates (the board says so when they are), distances are straight-line from town centers, and "good deal" verdicts are math, not advice.
• We're not a party to your purchase. Any sale happens directly between you and the seller, on their terms. BaleWise isn't responsible for the quality, safety, delivery, or existence of any hay listed, or for any dispute between buyers and sellers.
• Third-party links. Listings link to sellers' own websites and ads. Those sites are theirs — their content, their policies.
• Don't abuse the board. No scraping that hammers the site, no submitting fake listings or fake claims, no using the contact forms to spam.

Our verification, honestly described.

Every listing on the board links to a live public source — a farm's website, a current classified ad, a state directory entry, or a quote a seller gave us directly. "Verified June 12, 2026" means that on that date, we saw that source showing that price. We re-check listings several times a week in season.

That's a high bar for a price board, and it's still not a guarantee. Sellers sell out, edit ads, and change prices between our checks. The footer on every page says it because it's true: always confirm with the seller before hauling.

What we collect, and what we never do.

• Forms. When you use a form (seller claims, area votes, watch alerts, contact), we receive exactly what you typed — usually an email, a ZIP code, or listing details. We use it to do the thing you asked for: answer you, build your listing, or count demand for your area. Form submissions are processed by Netlify, our hosting provider.
• Analytics. We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which features get used (which pages, which filters, which towns get searched). It's standard, cookie-based, and aggregate — we look at patterns, not people.
• Saved listings stay on your device. The ♥ saves live in your browser's local storage. They are never sent to us — clear your browser data and they're gone.
• What we never do: sell your information, share your email with sellers without your say-so, or send you email you didn't ask for.
• Want something deleted? Message us — we'll remove your form submissions on request.

About the listings themselves.

• Public sources. The board lists prices that sellers have already published publicly (their websites, classified ads, directories) or given us directly. Farm and business names belong to their owners; we use them only to identify whose price is whose.
• No affiliation. A listing is not an endorsement of the seller by BaleWise, or of BaleWise by the seller — most sellers simply published a price, and we found it.
• Corrections and removal. If a listing about you is wrong, or you want off the board entirely, tell us — corrections go out with the next update, removals same day.
• Our work is the compilation. The board's data gathering, verification, math, and presentation are © 2026 BaleWise. Quote it with credit; don't republish it wholesale as your own.

When this page changes.

BaleWise is young and this page will evolve with it. When it does, the date at the top changes. Big changes (anything that affects your privacy) will be called out on the board page, not buried here.

Questions about any of this? Ask us directly.