The average total yield is 20-35 tons per hectare (or 8-14 tons per acre) per year (distributed in 5-6 cuts). Top yields (intensive farming) can exceed 40 tons per hectare or 16 tons per acre per year. You can enrich this article by leaving a comment or photo of your alfalfa harvesting methods and yields.Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, how many bales of alfalfa can you get per acre?To help you understand better, it can be very easy for a farmer to say that you should be able to get 500 bales of alfalfa hay per acre.Secondly, how much is a ton of alfalfa worth? The May Alfalfa Hay price of $189 per ton is at a level not seen since October 2014 and rose $5 per ton from April. The May price is $32 higher than one year ago. The Alfalfa Hay price has climbed $40 per ton since December. As a general rule, annual alfalfa prices peak during April or May. Accordingly, is growing alfalfa profitable? More protein per acre—Alfalfa produces at least 3 times more protein per acre than other crops grown in U.S. dairy regions. Increased profits from alfalfa—Top dairymen know alfalfa is their most profitable crop.How much does it cost to plant 1 acre of alfalfa?Alfalfa has to be planted at around 25 pounds per acre if I remember correctly. A 50 pound bag of seed is around $200 last I heard a few years back, so $100 an acre just for seed. Probably $120-150 per acre including tillage costs.
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