Hay

New Freeman Big Baler with greater capacity cuts and bales at same time

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Harlen Persinger

The Freeman model 1592D Big Baler, which cuts and bales at the same time, is redesigned for 25% greater capacity. It can package up to 45 tons per hour. The hydraulic drive feed system is reversible from the tractor seat, saving hours of hand work unplugging the baler.

With the state-of-the-art drive system there are fewer moving parts than gear-driven balers. This means that annual repair, maintenance and equipment costs are lower.

4 conditioning tips for superior hay quality

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:50:00 +0000

Source: AGCO

Producing consistent, top-quality hay requires tight management of harvest schedules to get hay cut at the proper time, then dried, baled and moved off the field quickly so the next cycle can begin.

Massey Ferguson introduces three new rotary rakes in its RK Series

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:53:00 +0000

Source: Massey Ferguson

A ticking sound in the hay cannon

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:12:00 +0000

What with the drought this past year, as well as the price of alternative feed ingredients, the hay market has remained pretty strong so far this winter.

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A steel disaster parade

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:39:00 +0000

Meeting the engineers who design and build the products you use can be enlightening. That goes for both you and the engineers sometimes. They don't always know what you're doing with their product, and you sometimes wonder if they have any idea how the stuff they build actually gets used on a regular basis.

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New B-Wrap technology from John Deere helps protect quality of round hay bales

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Source: John Deere

Historically, the best way to protect the hay quality of large round bales has been to store bales indoors. For 2013, John Deere is offering producers a new way with B-Wrap, which provides an alternative to indoor storage.

“B-Wrap is rolled onto round bales just like regular net wrap,” says Laura Cobb, senior marketing representative for the John Deere Ottumwa Works. “But B-Wrap protects bales much better than net, significantly reducing storage losses and maintaining nutrient quality of hay.”

Corn stover collection promises to enrich rural communities

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:23:00 +0000

Balers for corn stover collection are adding a new revenue stream for hay-harvesting machinery manufacturers and custom baler businesses, says Eric Woodford, Woodford Equipment manager/owner, Emmetsburg, Iowa. Woodford sells Vermeer Corporation's 605 Super M Cornstalk Special Baler that many of his customers rely on to provide corn stover biomass to a nearby Poet Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol production plant in northwestern Iowa.

Vermeer introduces 504 PRO baler, expansion of wheel rake line

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:21:00 +0000

Source: Vermeer

John Deere launches new hay and forage equipment for 2013

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Karen McMahon

John Deere has released a robust line-up of new equipment for 2013 in the hay and forage market.

It's time for baling season

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:15:00 +0000

Temperatures hit a humid, 98 degrees this week and you know what that means: it’s baling season. I don’t know why, but invariably, it’s miserably hot whenever it’s time to bale. While my daughter and I bunker down in the nice, air conditioned house during the sultry afternoons, many farmers – my father-in-law and husband included – are in the heat, cutting and baling hay.

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