OT- Hay lease rates

TexAg92 · Nov 16, 2009

Just curious as to what others are paying/charging for leasing pasture for hay? I'm looking at leasing out 100 acres, but I have no use for the hay, so a 50/50 or 60/40 split isn't really what I'm after. Appreciate any input.

Thanks!

TomH in PA · Nov 16, 2009

Ask your county agent what CRP ground is going for, they have a pretty good idea of rental rates.

kyhayman · Nov 16, 2009

How about a 60/40 split and they buy your part at prevailing market prices. That spreasd out everyone's risk.

Errin OH · Nov 16, 2009

Nothing.

I agree to mow twice a year thats about it. Around here that's worth about $100 an acre ($50 a cut) to the owner if they want it cut. Take away added cost to rake, bale, move, store, and sell it, it works out about the same to me vs using a brush hog, taking the $100 and being done with it. Either of us can opt out at any time.

I am on my last 50/50 and I gave notice this year that I had no intrest in next year. Just to the point it is not worth it (grass hay prices are to low). If they want me to do it for them its $2 - 2.50 a bale (depends on fuel) in the field for them to pick up. Add 50 cent a bale if I hire help to put it in their barn.

I manage the ground I pay rent on. 7 year min on any new ground. 5 year renewals. Land conditions set the rates. I have prep'd (weed control and tillage) to many pastures for the big boys around here to mess with anything less (LESSON LEARNED). Rates can be between 75 and 125 an acre.

You might find someone to rent it for a "pasture" but you might have to supply water and/or fencing.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 16, 2009

nothing to a hundred dollars a acre, depends on the conditon of the stand, how fertile the ground is your local hay market, demand for land, and many other factors.

Tx Jim · Nov 17, 2009

TexAg92,
Location-location -location Where is land located? Land in corn belt leases for more money per acre than where I live because of productivity. I can lease Coastal Bermuda hay land for $15-$20 an acre but I won't because with the price of fertilizer and cost of hay baling it won't make enough money for the gamble.

My neighbor lets me use his 25 acres of established Coastal. I pre-emerged for weeds @ $12/acre. Fertilized 3 different times @ $45/acre- cut in approximately 28 days each time and had $45+ in each 4x5 rd bale. What a money maker when I can buy fert hay for $40

If it's tilled ground and one has to plant it in a crop such as Sudan/hay grazer one will lose much more.

cjd12000 · Nov 17, 2009

I give back to some land owners 25% of the hay I take 50/50 and most wont do it. Or you could just charge by the acre and that varius depending on ground and location. I pay as little as nothing and up to 40 and acre for the land I lease but I know that out west it is signifinatly more than that.

OT- Hay lease rates

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