Bugs Make Silage Better
Inoculants can boost fermentationTo custom forage harvester Greg Callen, of Twin Falls, ID, putting up silage without an inoculant is like making a BLT...
Customizing Rates
A spreadsheet helps show if - or how - you'll make a profitJohn Lentz, Dallas, WI, does not feel pressure to match his custom rates to those of his competitors."I...
Labor Pains
Harvester works to find and keep good employeesCarl Jameson can't afford to be picky when hiring people to man his Turlock, CA, custom harvesting operation.With...
Mix Masters
Wisconsin co-op, dairymen sell custom-made total-mixed rationsBy the time Larry Bliven's dairy cows eat their daily ration, the forage has been customized...
'Net Returns
The Internet can give you a business edgeMcchop.com. It's not the new McDonald's pork chop sandwich, but part of a different wave sweeping the world -...
Parts Aplenty
Well-maintained equipment and inventories keep Danell Bros. in the fieldWhen you have 14 forage harvesters and 18 self-propelled windrowers - not to mention...
Quality Is In The Bag
Baggers cut silage lossesDairymen know they can bag high-quality silage when they hire Jimenez Custom Harvesters to do their chopping.Jimenez, with headquarters...
Reducing Risky Business
"If there's one thing that's going to put us out of business, it's farmers' bad debts," says Stuart Sorenson of Bonduel, WI.Sorenson, like most custom...
Slicer Prepares Big Bales For TMR Mixing
"It works like a charm!" That's what Willie Foster, who operates a custom bale wrapping business near Bloomington, WI, says about the big-bale slicer...
Homemade Merger Speeds Chopping
This year's higher fuel prices have Orin Swart appreciating his homemade windrow merger more than ever.Swart, a Badger, MN, custom chopper, says the machine...
