Please can anyone give me an idea of the amount of hay I could expect to get in a poor year from about 2.5-3 acres, I live in the south east and we don't get a lot of rain. We don't need the grazing through the summer and didn't know if it was worth the time and effort on a smallish area.
My neighbour uses about 3 acres for her hay and on a decent year gets aprox 100 bales per acre so I suppose if it is a poor year you'd be looking at around half that? This could be wrong as is only an estimate.
Definitely worth the effort particularly this year where everyone appears to be about 35% down on yield. At least they are hereabouts. Hay is seemingly very expensive this year and I think it will be worse come the winter.
I have just got slightly over 350 bales off 6 acres this year. We are in Hertfordshire and it is very dry here. If we'd had more rain earlier on in April then we would have had a lot more off it but I'm still really happy with that amount.
Hay yield
Posted - 17 Jul 2011 : 09:41:06 AM
