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Bales per acre??

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Kelly C

03-02-2004 19:57:44

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Ok my brain quit.
What are you guys averaging for small square bales per acre for grass hay?
Getting ready to buy a 25 acre hay field just trying to get a idea of what to expect.

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Drillbit

03-03-2004 14:21:34

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Re: Bales per acre?? in reply to Kelly C, 03-02-2004 19:57:44

Hey Kelly, down south here we usually average 100 bales per acre for good coastal bermuda. That is usually average for the south.

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kyhayman

03-02-2004 20:11:29

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Re: Bales per acre?? in reply to Kelly C, 03-02-2004 19:57:44

Tight, plastic tied, 55# to the 38" bale, 16-18% moisture;

timothy: 140-220 most at 160 on poorly drained, tiled bottoms with 250# 34-0-0 per acre with one cutting. Was going to play this year with drilling soybeans beans in it for fall baleage but I cant buy $18 a bag (non RR) seed beans for that.

orchard grass and fescue: 80-150 depending on N levels on first cutting; I always roll the second and on the 3rd I need 80 or I'll roll it

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Value of standing alfafa?

03-03-2004 08:35:33

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Re: Re: Bales per acre?? in reply to kyhayman, 03-02-2004 20:11:29

I just received a request from a hay dealer wanting to buy standing alfafa, that they would cut and bale and haul. How do you put a value on alfafa when it's still under snow? Is there a rule of thumb as per acre production worth on alfafa that is 5 years old?
Thanks...

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kyhayman

03-03-2004 15:47:38

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Re: Re: Re: Bales per acre?? in reply to Value of standing alfafa?, 03-03-2004 08:35:33

My short answer would be 'you cant put a value on it now'. What you can put a value on is rent of 1 year's use of your stand. I have a 68 acre field, isolated from the rest of my farm, some of the best land I own but over a mile overland to get to it (no buildings or fence on it either ). My neighbor that joins me on that side and I have a standing arrangement. He cuts, rakes, and square bales, and puts in the barn the field (right now a 1/3 alfalfa, 1/3 wheat double crop grain sorghum (going into alfalfa in spring of '05), and 1/3 timothy) for 1/2 then he buys my half of the hay at $100 per ton ($2.50 per square bale), silage at $40 per ton or I can take my half in hay (at my option). It would be about the same money to rent it cash for $250 per acre on the averages. I pay for all the seed, fertilizer, and chemicals and put them on. He uses all his own hay equipment, twine, and fuel. It's been a God-send to me, seasonal cash flow and it frees me up to do a better job with the rest of my hay.

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