CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

At the 2026 National Farm Machinery Show, Kubota introduced two high-capacity small square balers with the SSB Series: the ...

Andrew Frankenfield of Penn State Extension offers considerations for choosing the right equipment for a hay operation. He also previews the upcoming Pennsylvania Forage Conference.

“It hadn’t been used for a couple of years, so the twine-tie square baler was sold on an internet auction.” Small square bales of hay are a lot of work, but nearly essential for most livestock ...

New and improved hay feeder and bunk designs are going a long way toward maximizing on-hand stocks of hay so they can last through the winter. This includes the recent availability of square hay bale ...

The BiG Pack 870 High Speed (HS) HDP is the newest large square baler with Krone’s unique MultiBale technology. The baler produces 2’7” x 2’3” bales with the ability to tie up to eight small bales ...

He also invested in a used self-propelled bale wagon that picks up small bales and conveys them to a single employee to stack on a wagon. When completely stacked, the conveyor reverses for unloading ...

A cowboy & his dogs on the back tell the story of how tiring, time consuming & dangerous this job can be.Tyler Westhoff (in photo) & his co worker sat down exhausted one afternoon in September 2017 ...

A BALE grab which can handle up to two round bales or as many as three big square bales, is now available from Broadwater Machinery. The M12G attachment has eight curved tines – four each side – which ...

Cereal growers don’t generally like to see bales on their fields, since cultivations can’t start until they are hauled off. It’s at this point many farmers vow never to sell any straw ever again and ...