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“It slows me down quite a little bit, but I’m accomplishing two complete jobs when I’m doing it,” says Carl Ault....More

A machine that adds moisture to hay at baling “truly changed the whole game in our hay operation,” says Ryan Schwebach, a McIntosh, NM, alfalfa grower who used the DewPoint 6110 this past growing season....More

A new, self-propelled 37’5” hay mower utilizes three front-mounted mowing units that form nearly identical, GPS-correct wide swaths. That lets Brent Maust, the commercial hay grower who inspired the machine, rake them precisely onto gaps of dry ground and produce uniformly dry hay....More

Besides cutting out two field trips, a new combine-baler combination keeps wheat straw off the ground, preventing ash contamination....More

Self-propelled big square balers will soon be on the market for the first time, thanks in large part to Gary Kelderman of Kelderman Manufacturing, Oskaloosa, IA....More

Two new forage bagging machines will be hitting the market this season, filling a need for mid-size units, according to the companies involved. Ag Bag, a division of Miller, St. Nazianz, WI, will introduce its MX1012 for the fall silage season. Pacbag, based in Astoria, OR, will come out with five of its Track-Pack silage baggers about the same time....More

Farm machinery manufacturers are throwing out a new word that will mean good things for machine operators: improved machine reliability and improved troubleshooting. And that potentially could mean less downtime. What is ISOBUS and how will it affect a farm’s day-to-day operations?...More

Spending eight to 10 or 12 hours chopping hay or silage corn can get old pretty fast, according to custom forage harvesters randomly polled at the U.S. Custom Harvesters Inc. annual meeting in March....More

This flexible, behind-the-baler rake handles hay gently, says the grower who created it....More