They Custom Market, Too
Many potato and onion growers near the Oregon-California border don't have time for the alfalfa they grow as a rotation crop. They plant and irrigate...
Top-Priority Client
For custom harvester Randy LaFollette, Joseph Gallo Farms gets top priority. He chops up to 140,000 tons of forage per year there, and managers of the...
Waste-High Alfalfa
John Schaendorf gets paid by the ton, so he likes chopping alfalfa at the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System. It yields two or three dry-matter...
Analyze This
Donley and Carol Duerksen, Hillsboro, KS, know exactly how much money they're making on the trucks they use in their custom chopping business. They're...
BALER BUFFET
George Ebert's baler lineup is unusual. This St. George, KS, custom harvester owns three types of machines to produce small square, large square and large...
Custom Maceration Has Great Potential
Marius Hartwig has only done a small amount of custom maceration, but has had plenty of opportunities to do more. I've had quite a few phone calls from...
Key Employees
Custom silage bagger Kevin James runs one of his three baggers himself. The other two are operated by permanent employees. We employ the guys who run...
Quality Is Job One
Dairymen want high-producing cows and high-yielding forages. Their nutritionists want maximum milk production and minimal health problems. Yield isn't...
Resources For Custom Harvesters
Custom harvesters looking to bone up on client relationships, or offer dairy producers the incentive to go with their services, could make use of several...
Salvaging Silage
When you own most of the machines that exist for doing a particular job, you might get more work than you can handle. That was the case last year for...
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