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Neil Tietz

Editor Emeritus, Hay & Forage Grower
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Neil Tietz has more than 40 years of experience in agricultural journalism, including work on The Farmer/The Dakota Farmer magazine, Dairy Herd Management, The Corn and Soybean Digest and Hay & Forage Grower. Neil has also served on an advisory committee to the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science, and received the Minnesota Forage and Grassland Council Outstanding Service Award. Neil holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is regarded as one of the best copy editors in the farm publishing business.

Articles by Neil Tietz
Imported Bale Handler Is Simple, Solid
The Arcusin MultiPack groups small squares into 14-bale bundles or 12-bale packages.
Bagged Hay Storage System Utilizes Air
The Air-Barn blows air over and around bales to remove heat and moisture from the hay.
Banker Tells Custom Operators: Rope In Labor Costs
Custom harvesters should monitor their labor costs and may need to send workers home during slow periods.
Cut 40' Hay Swaths With A Tractor-Driven Mower
A cutting width that rivals those of self-propelled mowers is available in a tractor-driven triple disc mower.
Forage Harvesters Face Off
Claas, John Deere, Krone and New Holland self-propelled forage harvesters compete against each other in Chopper Challenges.
Kill Weeds, Increase Yields with Glyphosate
Glyphosate applied to seedling Roundup Ready alfalfa outperformed a popular conventional herbicide in a 2012 Wisconsin study, killing more weeds and delivering a higher first-cutting alfalfa yield.
Farmers Cashing In With High-Density Balers
Producers like the versatility of high-density balers and the cost advantages the provide.
Photo: Don McCabe, Nebraska Farmer
Stretch Livestock Feed Supplies With Lime-Treated Corn Stover
Lime-treated corn stover can reduce feed costs when substituted for corn silage and/or corn grain in livestock rations.
New Roundup Ready Grower Gets Dairy-Quality Hay
Gary Carmichael thinks a lot of alfalfa growers don’t realize how much money they’re losing to weeds, especially in the seeding year.
Same-Pass Rake Saves Time, Money
Mack Scott has gone through a lot of equipment changes in his 50-plus years in the hay business, and says his new rake is “the best thing I’ve seen.”
Check Every Bale, Maintain Hay Quality
Every bale that Mike Fabrizius sells is probed for moisture content at least twice before it leaves his hay yard.
Combine-Head Windrower: Slowing Down To Go Faster
“It slows me down quite a little bit, but I’m accomplishing two complete jobs when I’m doing it,” says Carl Ault.
Combine-baler combination machine.
Feeding Biofuel Plants: Current Equipment Can Work
Most of the equipment is in place to efficiently harvest and deliver the massive amounts of biomass required by cellulosic ethanol plants, says Matt Darr, Iowa State University ag engineer.
Corn-Silage Baler Offers More Quality, Less Waste

Forages stored in bales instead of bunkers are higher in quality, and spoilage losses are much lower, says Lane Blount of Humdinger Equipment,Lubbock, TX.

New Round-Bale Wrap Mimics Indoor Storage
“I call it shed-wrap because it’s basically an individual hay shed for every round bale.” Darron Schoen is describing B-Wrap, a new bale wrap he tested on his Monett, MO, dairy farm the past three growing seasons. Surface layers of B-Wrap bales stay as green as if stored indoors, and the protection lasts longer than with net-wrap, he says.

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