Making hay is a consuming summer-time task ... and baling at 20.20 per bale (Machinery Cost Estimates, University of Illinois Extension, June 2015). As a result, a bale of hay sitting in the ...

One of the most important factors when making your choice of forage harvester will be the output expected. Your dealer will assist with the equipment set up and procedures to operate. Hay making ...

Hay mowers come in all shapes and sizes ... This doubles the effective blade speed, and also greatly reduces machine vibration, making it quieter, more comfortable to use, and longer lasting. An ...

Timing is everything when it comes to high-quality hay production. A pre-harvest inspection of your hay making equipment can help make up valuable time and hopefully cut back on downtime later on.

The optimum stages of maturity to harvest for high quality and long stand life of many hay crops are listed in Table 1. Making the first hay cut early permits aftermath growth to begin at a time when ...

New Holland began marketing automatic square balers in 1940, making it possible for a farmer to bale 35 to 40 tons of hay per day. During the Great Depression, many farmers didn’t have money for new ...