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Little River, TX | In small square bales about 8 tons/A is about the highest practical production. Any more than that you will want to put up round bales of large square bales with those higher capacity machines.
A rule of thumb is 50 lbs Nitrogen/ton of hay. Actual is about 40 lbs/ton for 12% protein hay.
With no fertilizer maybe 2.5 tons/A of 7% protein hay is about it. With today's cost of land, fertilizer is more cost effective than more land. That is if you wish to increase total yield. To a point anyway.
You may find 5 tons/A of hay is a comfortable yield for small square bales and for the input. | |
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Tons of Grass Hay per Acre
