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| Only making five 4x5 bales is the issue. Here if your not making 5 to 6 5x6 bales an acre your not doing very well. And y'all get rain up there. I assume there is about 2 times more hay in a 5x6 than a 4x5.
I don't even see how you can make a 1000lbs 4x5. My 5x5.5 can be so tight I can't hardly get a hay spear in it and they weigh from 1250 to 1500lbs.
I would plant sorgum Sudan or somthing like that. I could sell every bale a make (5x5.5) for $65 a bale. With enough rain in 2 cuttings 7 - 5x5.5 bales would be easy. This is dry hay. Not sure if your talking silage?
I would do somthing along the lines of he get 1/4 of the hay he pays 1/4 of the fertilizer with an option to buy back bales at a set price(normally the lower value of what u think you would get)
End of the day you have to figure if your only making $100 an acre profit is it worth it? And I think making $100 an acre would be doing pretty good from your numbers.
You always make more money just being the custom baler unless the land is cheap.
Edited by StxPecans 9/18/2020 22:50
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Rental rates and fertilizer/lime on hayfields
