Hay Storage Questions

   / Hay Storage Questions #1  

bobm6996

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I have 12 ac. of hay that has been seeded this spring and hope to get one cutting off of it this year if we are lucky. Thinking again if lucky we may get 1000-1200 bales and next year hope to double that number. The property we purchased last year has an old barn on it that needs a ton of work and it is very small. We are storing hay in it right now that we are purchasing for our horses and I think it might hold 300 bales if we put a new roof on it and I have concerns about the ventilation. We are thinking about putting up a three-sided pole barn to store hay can someone give me an idea of how large of a barn I would need to store 2500 - 3000 bales of small square bales. We may decide next year to do part of it in round bales to use, but it would be a small number to use in the winter when we do not let the horses out on the pasture.
 
   / Hay Storage Questions #2  
If it helps ya a 100 bales fills a space of 14' long X 8" wide X 7' tall.
 
   / Hay Storage Questions #3  
FWIW, The hay storage area of our barn is 40' x 60' with a loft of 50 x 30. The main barn is 20' at the peak.the hay is stacked to the roof. We store hay for around 30 cows for November through March/early April. We have in the 2500 to 3000 bales range but ours are standard square bales.
 
   / Hay Storage Questions #4  
about 1 bale per square foot at 8' high roughly. Thats the number we use, it will vary with bale size and stacking ect. It is a pretty conservative number so you should have plenty of room. so 2500 bales 2500 sf at 8' high.
 

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