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Producers like the versatility of high-density balers and the cost advantages the provide....More

“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

Most of the equipment is in place to efficiently harvest and deliver the massive amounts of biomass required by cellulosic ethanol plants, says Matt Darr, Iowa State University ag engineer....More

“I call it shed-wrap because it’s basically an individual hay shed for every round bale.” Darron Schoen is describing B-Wrap, a new bale wrap he tested on his Monett, MO, dairy farm the past three growing seasons. Surface layers of B-Wrap bales stay as green as if stored indoors, and the protection lasts longer than with net-wrap, he says....More

It’s a major challenge for livestock producers like Kevin Lee, Magnolia, OH, to dispose of the waste plastic used to store and feed forage....More

Kevin Lee used to put waste plastic in dumpsters provided by a local landfill. Now Lee, who operates a 240-cow dairy farm near Magnolia, OH, recycles half of it. He’s participating in the Carroll County Farm Bureau recycling program....More

Disposing of waste ag plastics – everything from silage bags and bale net-wrap to baling twine and feed and fertilizer bags – has long been a source of frustration for hay growers and livestock producers like Bill Findley, Waynesburg, OH....More

Feedstox’s purchase of two combine-balers completed a fleet of state-of-the-art equipment that the non-profit company assembled for harvesting biomass from corn, wheat, switchgrass, miscanthus and other crops....More