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Formula
Pounds = head × pounds per day × days.
Tons = pounds ÷ 2,000. Bales = pounds ÷ pounds per bale. The hay calculator uses the intake you type.
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Hay calculator for tons and bales
This hay calculator multiplies animals by pounds per head per day and by days. The hay bale calculator divides those pounds by the bale weight you enter. Intake and bale weight are yours. This is not a ration from a nutritionist.
Bales
75.0
Pounds60,000
Tons30.00
Bale weight800 lb
Planning estimate from the numbers you enter. Coverage, density, waste and price are assumptions, not a supplier quote or an engineering specification.
How it works
Pounds equal head times daily intake times days.
Twenty animals at 25 pounds a day for 120 days need 60,000 pounds, which is 30.00 tons. At 800 pounds a bale that is 75.0 bales. Waste, weather, and a cow that eats more than 25 pounds are not added. Raise the daily pounds if you want waste in the total. A round bale and a square bale only differ here by the weight you type. The hay bale calculator will not guess a bale from its diameter.
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Example
20 head, 25 pounds a day, 120 days, 800 pound bales.
That is 60,000 pounds, 30.00 tons, and 75.0 bales. Change the bale weight and only the bale count moves.
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Tips
Weigh a bale before you trust 800 pounds.
Bale weights vary with moisture and the baler. The hay bale calculator is only as honest as that weight. Storage loss belongs in a higher daily amount or a longer day count.
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Equipment
The baler and the tractor make the bales.
Dengaro arranges financing for a tractor or a baler. Tons of hay are not a loan amount.
Important questions
Know what to expect.
Is 25 pounds a day the right intake?+
Only if that is what these animals eat. It is a filled-in example. Replace it with your ration.
Do tons include moisture?+
The pounds are the pounds you implied by the daily intake. This page does not shrink hay to a dry-matter basis.
Can I size one animal?+
Yes. Set head to 1. The hay calculator still multiplies by days and divides by the bale weight.
Where is pasture stocking?+
On the animal unit calculator. This page is stored feed, not acres.
Financing built into the sale