Tedded Hay Dries Faster
Want to bale your hay sooner to cut the risk of rain damage? Ted it, suggests Mike Collins, University of Kentucky agronomist. Tedding can shave up to...
Barn-Dry Big Bales?
In most hay-growing regions, growers have a tough time getting the crop dry enough for problem-free storage in big square bales. Barn drying may be the...
Crimp The Crop Correctly
The quality of a hay crop is never better than when it's standing in the field, points out Randal Taylor. It's goes downhill from that point. Mechanical...
Diesel Dilemma
When diesel fuel prices in California jumped from 75/gallon to more than $1.80 for on-farm use last fall, the increase hit everyone hard. But perhaps...
Don't Wait To Macerate
A new type of mechanical conditioner soon will be on the market. Profab, a Manitoba company, will begin limited production of a macerator this summer....
Hay Dryer Is In Demand
Hay growers are anxiously awaiting the introduction a propane-fueled dryer whose inventers believe will economically dry hay in the field. Minnesota co-inventors...
Ingenious Inventions
Safety and efficiency are the benefits touted most by two farmers with top inventions at last month's Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in Hastings, NE. One top...
More Efficient Than Drying Corn
We're very confident that we'll get the results we expect. Conrad Fingerson is referring to this spring's planned field testing of a prototype machine...
Spare The Sprinklers
Soaring power rates across the country have led alfalfa growers to think twice before turning on their sprinklers. Some are developing cost-effective...
Testing GPS
Farmers are talking about precision farming, but so far few have tried it. I think it's the future, but I don't know how soon the future is going to come,...
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