Mr Woodhead said his crop of 1150 bales, each weighing about 550kg and with 45% dry matter, was the biggest he had taken off a single property.
Mr Woodhead leases the 80ha of crop land from Mt Barker identity George Wallis.
Dairy farmers along the South Island east coast are expected to be the main customers for the triticale, which is a hybrid between wheat and rye and has a high level of protein.
While the Upper Clutha had received some rain during the spring, Mr Woodhead said he was expecting plenty of inquiry for the baleage from farmers in drier areas further east, as the effects of the El Nino weather pattern become more evident.
A month ago, the Otago Daily Times reported North Otago was at its driest for 10 years, and Federated Farmers North Otago dairy chairman Lyndon Strang said this week nothing had changed.
Mr Strang said the effects of the dry conditions were amplified by cool conditions holding back grass growth.
''So it's almost a double hit, really.''
He expected anyone with surplus feed would be either ''putting it away for that dry day'' or would ''sell it and make the most of it''.
The MetService has predicted a ''shifty'' November with ''large swings'' in temperature and rainfall, but with more cold, dry southwesterlies.
