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gitrib

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After studying the weather son deciced to gamble last thursday and lay down part of his Alfalfa second cutting. It was in the heavy bud stage. treated it with Conklin Pro-serve III at the swather conditioner. Had high humidity but tempetures was in 8 5 to 95 degree range. Flipped the windrows yesterday morning. It was windy about five o-clock in afternoon. Moisture was down to 23%. It baled out ninety 75 to 80 lbs per acre, He backed the last load in barn at midnight after a cool one and a nap. This morning we had 1.68 inches of rain about 4:00 oclock. Got the tests back on first cutting 19.95 protein, RFV 163. Not to bad. It was baled at 23% moisture.
gitrib
 
I still have 125 acres of FIRST crop to put up! Rains every day even yesterday when there was zero % of rain. This is getting old very fast, heck I'am about out of jobs to do in the shop. Local coop still has quite a bit of corn to spray. They haven't started spraying any beans yet. Things are getting critical with yield losses in the corn from weed competition. Starting to look like last year with cool and wet conditions. Hope we get some sun and heat , not looking forward to rubber corn again this fall.
 
> What do you mean by "ninety 75-80 lbs per acre"?

90 square bales weighing about 75-80 lbs each (I assume). I'm glad I didn't have to help throw/drag those around :)
 
You're a million miles ahead of me. I started baling friday. From Friday morning until now, there's been 3 flat tires on tractors (2 r, 1 f) 1 flat on a wagon, 1 flat on the baler, 1 flat on the rake, and a LOT of cussing.
 
Darn Post keeps dropping out the word bales. It should read ninty bales 75 to 80 lbs. per acre
girib
 
That still figures out to be over 3 ton (on a dry matter basis) per acre yield. That's an astonishing yeild for second cutting! You must have some "perfect" alfalfa ground. Do you use a preservative at the baler? I'm assuming the Conklin Pro-serve III is a drying agent?
 
Do they even have dry days anymore? I have about 10 acres baled (without getting rain on them) & am still waiting on at least 3 days of 30% or less chance of rain. Oh well, sooner or later I guess it'll turn off dry then we'll be wanting rain for the 2nd cutting. Keith
 
I think he means 90 bales that weighed 80 lbs per bale, per acre. Or as most folks say, 3.5T/A

Gordo
 
How many "regular" square bales make a "big" round bale? Is 75-90 per acre a good yield? Just curious since my neighbor cuts my hay and I hope it is worth it to him.
Thanks
 
(quoted from post at 23:54:15 06/14/10) How many "regular" square bales make a "big" round bale? Is 75-90 per acre a good yield? Just curious since my neighbor cuts my hay and I hope it is worth it to him.
Thanks
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Yes that's a good yield per acre.

To answer ?????? on number of sq's in a rd one needs to know weight of each type bales. If sq's weight 75# and rd's weight 1200 #'s then one would divide 75 into 1200 then there would be 16 sq's in a rd bale. But if one didn't weight each kind of bales then it's a WILD GUESS.
 
Son carries a set of scales and checks the weight if the bales at random. With the fertlizer and Micro Nutrents he applies he wants to know if it is profitable, Last year he averaged 10 ton per acre with five cuttings.
gitrib
 
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