Hay - Bales per Acre

[Tazgirl]

Anyone know approximately how many small square bales of hay you get per acre?

[Pasofever]

Originally Posted by Tazgirl

Anyone know approximately how many small square bales of hay you get per acre?

5 bales I hope you have alot of property..

[Tazgirl]

Haa Haa guess my little 6 acres won't be seeing hay planted!!!

[Pasofever]

Originally Posted by Tazgirl

Haa Haa guess my little 6 acres won't be seeing hay planted!!!

[Robin]

Depends on type of grass how lush the fields are and what kind of weather we have had... Were I worked, 4 acres of orchard grass (Thicker blades 1st cutting was about 1050 bales 2nd the same field was appro 390 bales If the same field had fescue grass mix it might only yield 5-600 bales first cut and 250-300 second cutting so that field for about an acre was 250-275 bales of 1st cut orchard grass another field was about 2 acres and second cutting was 90 bales..regularly limed and fertilized farmer clock work and it all depended on the weather. and it was always hot when we had to put the hay up...It is so nice I don't do that any more....

[Robin]

also depends on who is baling the hay and how heavy the bales are..35-40 lb bales is what mr w baled so the women could handle them.

[Pasofever]

Originally Posted by Robin

also depends on who is baling the hay and how heavy the bales are..35-40 lb bales is what mr w baled so the women could handle them.

Kicker bales..

[Four*Leaf*Farm]

We cut a little over an acre and got 95 bales yesterday.

[Tazgirl]

Thanks will be doing some looking around for an old baler then I will decide what to do next year.

[Robin]

http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/forag...c_hay_yld.html
here is a link
this is a little old I am sure there is more out there but it is like gambling you can always estimate...It was sort of fun guessing until we had to pick it up out of the field.