straw per acre???

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2012

Neighbor said they'd leave me straw to bale if I take the whole field. Fields are from 2 to 10 acres. Talking about barley and maybe some oats. I know it's a loaded question, but can someone tell me about what to expect for an acre (in 4x5 rounds, or just weight so I can figure close??? I don't need more than a couple hundred small bales so don't want to overdo it. They chop the rest and plow it under......

Thanks...

Dave

RLA · Jul 13, 2012

How high is the Stubble????

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2012

knee high on the barley and maybe a bit shorter on the oats....

Richard G. · Jul 13, 2012

Well here in NW SC we bale 40 to 70 small bales per acre depending on the year. This is barley and wheat.
It sells for $3.50 a bale, so is a good sideline.
Richard

jon f mn · Jul 13, 2012

My friend and I were discussing this a while back. He said he thought the old guys way back used to say 1 bale/acre/bushel for oats. Anyone else ever heard of that? Seams pretty close if I had to guess based on our oats this year. Of course iot would depend on cut height.

Fordfarmer · Jul 13, 2012

I usually get about 35-40 small squares per acre
from oats; a bit less when I did barley. That works
out to about 1/2 bale per bu. per acre on the oats.
Most I've ever gotten was just over 100 bales per
acre, but that was some 6'+ tall rye, and I mowed
and baled the stubble too.

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