Posted by Mark Robke on March 05, 2020 at 13:05:57 from (69.40.116.199):
In Reply to: Hay yield posted by Grandpa love on March 05, 2020 at 09:11:16:
Since this a new venture for you, I'd pass. 40 acres is a lot of ground to cover, and you have equipment that is older and of unknown reliability. If you got some cut and raked up, and had a baler problem/breakdown, you could stand to lose a lot of hay to rain or bleached out nutrients. It would take probably over 20 some hours to just mow 40 acres with a 7' sickle bar mower. I'd start with 2 or 3 acres just to get into the swing of things. When I was a kid we sometimes got 300 bales off of 2-3 acres. It takes a lot of manpower to handle a lot of hay, and labor is not easy or cheap to find. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. Mark. P.S. I still say the baler pick up in that picture is too high and you're losing a lot of hay! All that should be on the ground behind the baler is just bales, and bare grass.
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