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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 5284100" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>I'm guessing you're tying to justify the size of a building to the planners, rather than trying to work out how big it needs to be for the clients own purposes?</p><p></p><p>If so there's not going to be any 'official' stats that you can quote to justify - 17 acres of grass could produce perhaps one cut of 40-50 small bales/acre of hay if old grasses and unfertilised, but 2 cuts totalling 200 bales/acre if a modern ryegrass ley with plenty of fertiliser added. So the amount of storage space required could vary by a factor of 4.</p><p></p><p>I would try and get some production figure for rye leys from one of the grass seed producers ([USER=79]@Great In Grass[/USER]) and go from there, that will produce the maximum volume of hay, which will allow the client to have the biggest shed possible. For machinery, work out what machines the client could possibly legitimately have on the ground for hay making and maintenance (which would be quite a list) and get some dimensions off the manufacturers websites, and work out floor space required to park them under cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 5284100, member: 818"] I'm guessing you're tying to justify the size of a building to the planners, rather than trying to work out how big it needs to be for the clients own purposes? If so there's not going to be any 'official' stats that you can quote to justify - 17 acres of grass could produce perhaps one cut of 40-50 small bales/acre of hay if old grasses and unfertilised, but 2 cuts totalling 200 bales/acre if a modern ryegrass ley with plenty of fertiliser added. So the amount of storage space required could vary by a factor of 4. I would try and get some production figure for rye leys from one of the grass seed producers ([USER=79]@Great In Grass[/USER]) and go from there, that will produce the maximum volume of hay, which will allow the client to have the biggest shed possible. For machinery, work out what machines the client could possibly legitimately have on the ground for hay making and maintenance (which would be quite a list) and get some dimensions off the manufacturers websites, and work out floor space required to park them under cover. [/QUOTE]
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