glover36":eqc1xcfh said:we just got 97 4x5 big rounds for 10 acres we wrapped it all man it was thick
glover36":kuhnt3vf said:we just got 97 4x5 big rounds for 10 acres we wrapped it all man it was thick
somn":2d2b6c4f said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
msscamp":2b5ulmxm said:somn":2b5ulmxm said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
I don't know if alfalfa can be grown in other parts of the world without irrigation, but a better question might be if this field was irrigated or not. Ours is irrigated and we routinely harvest several hundred ton per cutting off approximately 125 acres. We also just finished approximately 50 acres of irrigated grass (orchard and brome) on shares that yielded right about 20 ton/acre if I heard Dad correctly. I know that we hauled 5 semi loads (4 of small squares and 1 of 3X3X8's), 1 35' trailer (small squares), 1 approximately 20' trailer (small squares), two loads on a flat bed farm truck (3X3X8's - 12 bales/load), and 1 army trailer (3X3X8's - 11 bales) off it. That is not counting the 35 round bales that the owner hauled off it.
glover36":1fpyag88 said:we just got 97 4x5 big rounds for 10 acres we wrapped it all man it was thick
gendronf":2l4gixar said:glover36":2l4gixar said:we just got 97 4x5 big rounds for 10 acres we wrapped it all man it was thick
Before to call glover36 a liar ask what kind of baler he has. He did'nt told us the density of the bale. Me I beleve him that he got 9.7 bales/ acres. That's give me no information of the quantity of hay.
Marcel
Stepper":1wxa5l8a said:gendronf,
I could see that happening myself. The less the density of the bail the more bails you can bail per acre.
You seem to have bailed alot of hay so let me ask you a question. How do you know if you have the density of your bailer set right ?
WORANCH":2o9fi3yn said:gendronf":2o9fi3yn said:glover36":2o9fi3yn said:we just got 97 4x5 big rounds for 10 acres we wrapped it all man it was thick
Before to call glover36 a liar ask what kind of baler he has. He did'nt told us the density of the bale. Me I beleve him that he got 9.7 bales/ acres. That's give me no information of the quantity of hay.
Marcel
It's the 20 ton's. I don't think thats right .
Someone is a bad guesser
WORANCH":2a71wonr said:msscamp":2a71wonr said:somn":2a71wonr said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
I don't know if alfalfa can be grown in other parts of the world without irrigation, but a better question might be if this field was irrigated or not. Ours is irrigated and we routinely harvest several hundred ton per cutting off approximately 125 acres. We also just finished approximately 50 acres of irrigated grass (orchard and brome) on shares that yielded right about 20 ton/acre if I heard Dad correctly. I know that we hauled 5 semi loads (4 of small squares and 1 of 3X3X8's), 1 35' trailer (small squares), 1 approximately 20' trailer (small squares), two loads on a flat bed farm truck (3X3X8's - 12 bales/load), and 1 army trailer (3X3X8's - 11 bales) off it. That is not counting the 35 round bales that the owner hauled off it.
I think you need to buy a scale. And stop guessing.
You need to double check your math msscamp 200 bales X 70 pounds = 14000 pounds / 2000 pounds = 7 ton. 7 ton / 4.5 acres = 1.5 tons per acre. We get four cuttings of alfalfa per year here in Minnesota That would equal 6.2 tons yeild for the year. A bit higher than my average but it was irrigated which makes up the difference. Like I said we might type slow with bad spelling but Wal Mart is not prejudice they will sell calculators to anyone including me maybe you should buy one.msscamp":1sbbihh5 said:WORANCH":1sbbihh5 said:msscamp":1sbbihh5 said:somn":1sbbihh5 said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
I don't know if alfalfa can be grown in other parts of the world without irrigation, but a better question might be if this field was irrigated or not. Ours is irrigated and we routinely harvest several hundred ton per cutting off approximately 125 acres. We also just finished approximately 50 acres of irrigated grass (orchard and brome) on shares that yielded right about 20 ton/acre if I heard Dad correctly. I know that we hauled 5 semi loads (4 of small squares and 1 of 3X3X8's), 1 35' trailer (small squares), 1 approximately 20' trailer (small squares), two loads on a flat bed farm truck (3X3X8's - 12 bales/load), and 1 army trailer (3X3X8's - 11 bales) off it. That is not counting the 35 round bales that the owner hauled off it.
I think you need to buy a scale. And stop guessing.
Who is guessing? True, every single bale from our field is not weighed, nor was every single bale from the shares field, but enough of them were/are weighed for each cutting to provide an average bale weight from both fields. Also, I added the statement IF I HEARD DAD CORRECTLY. Perhaps you missed that part in your haste to ridicule?
PS We also got 200 small square bales off a 4-5 acre irrigated corner that weighed in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 pounds each - figuring tonnage at the 60 pound weight, that makes the yield 6 ton, but that is a guess. However, I've bucked enough bales, feed bags, boxes of baler twine, and other things in my life that I am fairly accurate at guesstimating weight.
somn":2x9g1y51 said:You need to double check your math msscamp 200 bales X 70 pounds = 14000 pounds / 2000 pounds = 7 ton. 7 ton / 4.5 acres = 1.5 tons per acre. We get four cuttings of alfalfa per year here in Minnesota That would equal 6.2 tons yeild for the year. A bit higher than my average but it was irrigated which makes up the difference. Like I said we might type slow with bad spelling but Wal Mart is not prejudice they will sell calculators to anyone including me maybe you should buy one.
msscamp":3qn08yc6 said:WORANCH":3qn08yc6 said:msscamp":3qn08yc6 said:somn":3qn08yc6 said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
I don't know if alfalfa can be grown in other parts of the world without irrigation, but a better question might be if this field was irrigated or not. Ours is irrigated and we routinely harvest several hundred ton per cutting off approximately 125 acres. We also just finished approximately 50 acres of irrigated grass (orchard and brome) on shares that yielded right about 20 ton/acre if I heard Dad correctly. I know that we hauled 5 semi loads (4 of small squares and 1 of 3X3X8's), 1 35' trailer (small squares), 1 approximately 20' trailer (small squares), two loads on a flat bed farm truck (3X3X8's - 12 bales/load), and 1 army trailer (3X3X8's - 11 bales) off it. That is not counting the 35 round bales that the owner hauled off it.
I think you need to buy a scale. And stop guessing.
Who is guessing? True, every single bale from our field is not weighed, nor was every single bale from the shares field, but enough of them were/are weighed for each cutting to provide an average bale weight from both fields. Also, I added the statement IF I HEARD DAD CORRECTLY. Perhaps you missed that part in your haste to ridicule?
It's not ridicule,it's advice. 20 tons is a lot of hay . Think about it .
PS We also got 200 small square bales off a 4-5 acre irrigated corner that weighed in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 pounds each - figuring tonnage at the 60 pound weight, that makes the yield 6 ton, but that is a guess. However, I've bucked enough bales, feed bags, boxes of baler twine, and other things in my life that I am fairly accurate at guesstimating weight.
1.5 tons /acre is a long way from 20 .
somn":lfxhsciy said:You need to double check your math msscamp 200 bales X 70 pounds = 14000 pounds / 2000 pounds = 7 ton. 7 ton / 4.5 acres = 1.5 tons per acre. We get four cuttings of alfalfa per year here in Minnesota That would equal 6.2 tons yeild for the year. A bit higher than my average but it was irrigated which makes up the difference. Like I said we might type slow with bad spelling but Wal Mart is not prejudice they will sell calculators to anyone including me maybe you should buy one.msscamp":lfxhsciy said:WORANCH":lfxhsciy said:msscamp":lfxhsciy said:somn":lfxhsciy said:Do I understand you right you harvested 5 tons per acre of mostly alfalfa in one cutting? If so could you tell me what variety it was I need to get my hands on some of that. Most varieties around here might produce that much for the entire crop year. I'm not calling you a liar but dang thats sounds to good to be true. That would be a 20 ton yield per acre for the year.
I don't know if alfalfa can be grown in other parts of the world without irrigation, but a better question might be if this field was irrigated or not. Ours is irrigated and we routinely harvest several hundred ton per cutting off approximately 125 acres. We also just finished approximately 50 acres of irrigated grass (orchard and brome) on shares that yielded right about 20 ton/acre if I heard Dad correctly. I know that we hauled 5 semi loads (4 of small squares and 1 of 3X3X8's), 1 35' trailer (small squares), 1 approximately 20' trailer (small squares), two loads on a flat bed farm truck (3X3X8's - 12 bales/load), and 1 army trailer (3X3X8's - 11 bales) off it. That is not counting the 35 round bales that the owner hauled off it.
I think you need to buy a scale. And stop guessing.
Who is guessing? True, every single bale from our field is not weighed, nor was every single bale from the shares field, but enough of them were/are weighed for each cutting to provide an average bale weight from both fields. Also, I added the statement IF I HEARD DAD CORRECTLY. Perhaps you missed that part in your haste to ridicule?
PS We also got 200 small square bales off a 4-5 acre irrigated corner that weighed in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 pounds each - figuring tonnage at the 60 pound weight, that makes the yield 6 ton, but that is a guess. However, I've bucked enough bales, feed bags, boxes of baler twine, and other things in my life that I am fairly accurate at guesstimating weight.