Promising Possibilities
The potential to harvest switchgrass as a coal substitute could turn into a diamond of an opportunity for custom forage harvesters. Switchgrass is now...
Should You Use A Custom Harvester?
Hiring custom operators lets farmers take advantage of the efficiency of large-scale equipment without the expense of owning and maintaining it. That’s...
The Best Guarantee
Most litigation between custom harvesters and their clients is due to miscommunication and misunderstandings. A good written contract can prevent both...
Turning Over The Tarping
Mike Corrales and his employees bale and stack about 20,000 tons of hay a season, and most of the stacks are tarped. But somebody else does that job....
What's Your Business Worth?
If you plan to sell your custom harvesting business, putting a value on it might be tricky. Aside from their equipment, which many custom harvesters lease,...
Bag The Best Silage
The difference between winners and losers among those who bag silage usually boils down to a single concept: Management. Do things right and the quality...
Check Your Choppers
It starts with an odd noise, a warning light, a bad digital readout, or worse complete shutdown. From the minute you pop the cab door open, profit and...
Clients Come First
When Chris Buck's family's hay is ready to bale at the same time as a client's hay, deciding which fields to do first is a no-brainer for her. You have...
Custom Rates Remain Flat
D vu. Fuel prices are once again the unknown variable in this year's custom rates. Fuel has been a thorn in the side of all custom operators, says Tom...
Custom-Made Forages Milk The Most
When asked to evaluate his custom forage harvester, one dairy producer recently replied, I ran him off the job. But most dairymen who filled out the Hay...
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