Alright guys, I would like for you guys to help with this. I want to give you guys some numbers and you use you first hand expierence and run them for me and tell me what kind of expenses and income I might be looking at if I decide to put in some Alfalfa.
100 acres of farmground in creek bottom currently in wheat and weed free, the soil is mainly a sandy loam with a pH of 5.5.
Its been out of alfalfa for roughly 10 years with mainly wheat,milo,sudan and peas planted.
Its a well drained 100 acres that has been setup to be used as farmground.
Lets assume the wheat has been cut for hay and we are at the point of starting to work the ground and get the seed bed ready. And lets also assume we get the same kind of rain we had last year here in my area, which was 31.19 inches that is 76% of our normal rainfall. I will hire someone to disc(7.00acre) and chisel(7.50acre) I will do the springtoothing and harrowing.
I have the capability to store and the market for Large Rounds and small squares. The first couple of years I will hire all the Cutting,raking and baling done, which it varies from $15-18 a bale on round bales and the total cost for cutting,raking baling and stacking for small squares is around $30 ton. I want you guys to bale this field however you want to, which ever way you think you can squeeze the most money out of it. There is a strong market for both Rounds and small squares. Rounds per ton/$150
Small squares per ton/$160
I plan on planting Ok49 seed which is about $2.50lb I will do the drilling.
Could you guys breakdown all the cost and include it in a per acre expense, this should include spray,fertilizer,etc...
If you guys have any questions just ask me, It will be interesting to see what kind of numbers the different people with different methods will come up with. Thanks for all the help. ;-)
100 acres of farmground in creek bottom currently in wheat and weed free, the soil is mainly a sandy loam with a pH of 5.5.
Its been out of alfalfa for roughly 10 years with mainly wheat,milo,sudan and peas planted.
Its a well drained 100 acres that has been setup to be used as farmground.
Lets assume the wheat has been cut for hay and we are at the point of starting to work the ground and get the seed bed ready. And lets also assume we get the same kind of rain we had last year here in my area, which was 31.19 inches that is 76% of our normal rainfall. I will hire someone to disc(7.00acre) and chisel(7.50acre) I will do the springtoothing and harrowing.
I have the capability to store and the market for Large Rounds and small squares. The first couple of years I will hire all the Cutting,raking and baling done, which it varies from $15-18 a bale on round bales and the total cost for cutting,raking baling and stacking for small squares is around $30 ton. I want you guys to bale this field however you want to, which ever way you think you can squeeze the most money out of it. There is a strong market for both Rounds and small squares. Rounds per ton/$150
Small squares per ton/$160
I plan on planting Ok49 seed which is about $2.50lb I will do the drilling.
Could you guys breakdown all the cost and include it in a per acre expense, this should include spray,fertilizer,etc...
If you guys have any questions just ask me, It will be interesting to see what kind of numbers the different people with different methods will come up with. Thanks for all the help. ;-)
