New Baler on the Farm

Sometimes you have to invest in new equipment on the farm. To be honest, it can be very difficult to adapt to the change on the farm if you have been doing the same thing over and over again.

If anyone knows my Grandad, he defiantly uses the full life of his equipment, as long as it gets its job done. We may have to check him for a fever when he says he wants to buy something. (Joke) 
But in reality if you think about it the upcoming generations, have an advantage when it comes to technology compared to older generations. For example, if a monitor went out while planting, my grandad wouldn't mind just shutting it off and finishing the field because that is what he did before. Our newest generation would be trying to fix monitor before they began planting again. 

So this years investment for the farm was a baler. 

Just a few things to look for when buying a baler:

• ​Size of bales?
• Type of Wrap?
• Size of baler?
• Reviews?
• Used or New?
• How easy or hard it is to work on if broken down?
• Parts dealer close?
• Silage or Haylage or Hay?

You may not know the difference between haylage or silage, hay the main difference is the moisture content at the time you cut it and how the crop of legumes or grass species is stored or baled. Each product has a different level of nutrients because each is cut at a different time/stage of growth.

In the past, Lively H, has just cut hay, which is cut, raked, sun does most of the work in drying it out, and then bailed. During these days you just cross your fingers and hope it doesn't rain.

This year wanted to try something new, so new baler on the farm, A McHale Fusion 3 Plus
 Stay tuned for more information on next blog, looks like we have ONE BIG MARSHMALLOW FARM
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