grain yields

I,m looking at either a 50 or 76 acre plots of farmland
the 50 had corn on it this yr and the 76 looks like it hasn't been used in yrs
I know yields will vary from area to area but what is an average yield per acre
looking at grains mostly wheat, rye, barley, oats and maybe clover
plan would be to buy one of these plots and down the road build a new homestead and a shop and do a little hobby farming from there
I know it's not going to make us a living and not expecting it to
just something to help offset some of the costs to build with
I have the tractors as well as some older equipment and another fellow I work with has a drill and combine I can use till I get my own
I do know where there's a nice little combine I can pick up cheap that was used for harvesting this yr as he bought a bigger one this yr so that's also an option
once I build the wife's dream home we would sell off this place
just something we are thinking about

Yields would certainly depend on what part of the country you were in? Where will you be? Bob

First stop would be at your local fert supply they can take soil samples then you know more.

Whatever you come up with as yields based on input from nearby farmers, soil tests, county averages from the extension office etc. I am slowly learning to expect 50-75% the first year on a new place.
If you have smaller, older equipment your ability to work up a good seedbed and get good plant populations might not be the same as the previous farmer. Not that old equipment doesn't have potential.... but often worn out equipment doesn't have the same ability it did decades ago.

Corn yields go from 50 to 230 depending on the dirt and fertility and rainfall you have. You aren't doing well if you can't get 150bu corn here, and it is what pays the bills here.

Soybeans yield 60-70 bu an acre a county away from here, but in my neighborhood we have high ph soils, and clay and peat and wet, soybeans are not very happy in this dirt and we are tickled to get over 40bu in my neighborhood.

Folks around here can get 60bu oats on a hobby, or 95 bu oats if they really try, but up north in Canada they talk about 150bu......we are too hot here for oats, and it live in Minnesota.......

Wheat we are tickled pink to break 30 bu wheat, in the wheat growing areas they expect 60 and over.

Don't do the fertilizer and weed control right, and cut any number I mention in half. If farming were easy, everyone would do it. A lot of folks that start up a small farm as a hobby struggle some, so that 1/2 of normal might be something you need to plan for for 3-4 years.

With the high prices we had the previous 5 years, I would be suspicious of any ground that hasn't been planted to a crop the past few years. It likely is too wet, too dry, too shallow, or some other problem that keeps it from being really farmed......

If you come from a factory background, farming is 'different'. You can't just do this and this and that and get the same output anywhere. You need to tell is your climate, rainfall, type of dirt, and a few other things, and then plant the crops that fit your conditions. If wheat does well, corn won't. If corn yields really well, you'd be foolish to plant wheat. Soybeans love some dirt types, and hate my dirt types.

Oats and rye and wheat like dry dirt. Corn can do well if its a little wet but doesn't dry out so bad in early fall.

You need to build up your dirt with the right nutrients, from manure or fertilizer, but you need it balanced to feed the crop you are trying to grow.

You need to fit your farming to what you have.

Even on a hobby, you get over $500 an acre invested in a crop, you need to do it right and have a plan and not make too many mistakes that cost big $$$$.

Paul

In the 7 years I've been doing my little farm, I've had wheat from 70-100bu, corn from 130-220, soys from 35-70. As others said, weather and dirt play a big role.

By the way it looks you are in far southern Ontario. I know nothing about your crops there but I do wish you good luck with your plans. A house on your own land is always a comfortable feeling.