Reading Time: < 1 minute Hagedorn believes producers need spreaders with extra spread width for fewer passes over the field, as well as axle and tire designs that reduce soil compaction, and more processing of manure for easy incorporation and better nutrient uptake. Hadgedorn also believes they’ve answered those needs with its Extravert models, the 5290 (290 to 421 heaped […] Read more
HAGEDORN EXTRAVERT 5290 AND 5440 SPREADERS
NUHN INDUSTRIES QUAD TRAIN LIQUID SPREADERS
Reading Time: < 1 minute For those who have liquid manure, the Ontario company Nuhn produces manure spreaders with capacities from 8,000 gallons to 15,000 U.S. gallons in the Nuhn Quad Train, a design that Nuhn says re-defines large-capacity spreading. Even though to the untrained eye the Quad Train looks like a “double spreader,” it’s designed as a single. According […] Read more
The Way We Do It
Reading Time: 2 minutes Circumstances change. Values remain the same. It’s a great truth that farmers know beter than virtually anyone else. Yes, it was Shakespeare who wrote, “To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man,” but it is the mind of every […] Read more
H&S TOP SHOT SIDE-DISCHARGE SPREADERS
Reading Time: < 1 minute H&S produces several types of manure spreaders, but among their most popular in Canada is the H&S Top Shot side-discharge manure spreader. This Top Shot series offers three different models, the 2,000-gallon 5120, the 2,600-gallon 5126, and the 5134 with a capacity of 3,400 gallons. According to H&S, the right side Top Shot discharge expeller […] Read more
NEW HOLLAND M2080 AND M2090 BOX SPREADERS
Reading Time: < 1 minute New Holland has added two new spreaders to its box spreader lineup, the 521 cu. ft. M2080 and the 628 cu. ft. M2090, which according to New Holland give the operator precise control and a uniform spread. The M2080 and M2090 hitch is part of the heavy-duty channel- iron frame than extends under the box […] Read more
Claas Jaguar Green Eye Forage Harvester .
Reading Time: < 1 minute Claas is a market leader in the self-propelled forage harvester segment. The company offers four models, the Jaguar 830 with an inline six at 367 hp, the 850 with an inline six at 438 hp, the 870 with a V8 at 482 hp and the Jaguar 900 with a V8 at 650 hp. On the […] Read more
Growing Your Human Resource Management
Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you ever heard these statements? “Don’t hire him, he’s afraid of cattle.” “Don’t hire her, there’s no way she can lift the feed bags.” “Don’t hire him, his religion won’t let him work on Saturday.” After reading this series of articles on human resource management (HRM) in farm operations, you’re well on your way […] Read more
Krone Big X Forage Harvesters .
Reading Time: < 1 minute Krone has recently unveiled its line of Big X forage harvesters ranging from 570 to 1,078 hp. The Big X 700 has eight cylinders while the Big X 850 and 1100 are powered by 12 cylinder Man D2862 engines. The new Big X forage harvesters are led by the Big X 1100, which Krone says […] Read more
Show Me The Money
Reading Time: 4 minutes You have an idea that you believe you could turn into a business, and you are certain that it is a good idea, defining a “good” idea as one that makes lots of money. You talk to your confidants and are reassured that it is a good idea. In fact, most of them think this […] Read more
New Holland Fr9000 Series .
Reading Time: < 1 minute New Holland has five models in its FR9000 series, ranging from 424 to 824 hp. Cutter head width is 34.5 inches across all models, with the feed roll measuring 33.5 inches. New Holland talks about the FR9000 series as having a voracious appetite, and says the line is designed to offer the operator precision control […] Read more
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