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No matter how high-tech we get in agriculture, it’s how efficient we are at some of the world’s oldest jobs, like preserving high-quality forages, that determines if we’re a success. Today, that means round baling, but not just any round baling

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New Holland BR7000 Series Roll-Belt Round Balers New Holland’s BR7000 Series round balers come in 11 distinct models producing bales that range from 300 to 2,200 lbs. In addition, some New Holland balers are specifically intended for high moisture content to facilitate high-quality round bale silage. The BR7000 Series has a sealed, adjustable hydraulic bale […] Read more
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Massey Ferguson Hesston 2800 Series Round Balers

Reading Time: < 1 minute Massey Ferguson released their all-new MF Hesston 2800 series in September 2009. “The Hesston 2800 Series is an evolution in automated round balers, giving producers everything they want in a baler,” says Dean Morrell, Massey Ferguson product marketing manager for hay and forage equipment. The 2800 Series round baler creates two baling sizes. Model 2846 […] Read more
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McHale F5 Baler Series

Reading Time: < 1 minute McHale F5 Balers include the F550 Heavy Duty Round Baler and the F560 Fully Automatic Round Baler. According to the company, the F5 baler range takes a common-sense approach to design. This ensures the baler is kept simple and user friendly. Features such as progressive greasing and oiling and the drop floor unblocking system when […] Read more
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Vermeer M Series Round Balers

Reading Time: < 1 minute Vermeer says the key to great-looking bales is to start right. A unique bottom drum design, combined with the new Vermeer dual-stage belt tightening system, is simply a better way to build a bale, the company says. According to Vermeer, this design takes excessive stress off the belts and eliminates the need for expensive diamond […] Read more
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Worth Saying Twice

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Reading Time: 2 minutes As he tells us in this issue, when Manitoba’s Allan Calder wanted to start growing corn, he and his brother Murray drove 500 miles south to Iowa. Then whenever they passed great-looking crops, they stopped and drove up the laneways to ask the farmers how they pulled it off. It’s a story we hear time […] Read more
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Machinery Guide • Agco

Reading Time: < 1 minute AGCO believes recent test results from Nebraska confirm that the company s new line of 205 to 275 PTO horsepower row crop tractors introduced in 2009 offers the greatest fuel efficiency among tractors of this category on the market. This includes the Challenger MT600C Series, Massey Ferguson 8600 Series and the AGCO DT Series machines […] Read more
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Machinery Guide • Fendt

Reading Time: < 1 minute Multiple factors affect fuel efficiency. Ordinarily, that can make it even harder to achieve fuel efficiency but Fendt has taken the opposite approach. Instead, the company has designed a tractor management system (TMS) that works in concert with their engines, transmissions and electronics to boost efficiency. When activated, the TMS controls the engine and the […] Read more
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Machinery Guide Versatile

Reading Time: < 1 minute Versatile tractors are powered by engines made by Cummins, which gets a big chunk of the credit for fuel efficiency gains, according to Adam Reid, Versatile marketing manager. Then Versatile ensures these engines work seamlessly with the electronic systems of the Versatile tractors. Cummins says that optimal fuel efficiency is continuously achieved by full-authority electronic […] Read more
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John Deere

Reading Time: < 1 minute Like other manufacturers, John Deere is continually challenged to boost fuel efficiency and at the same time meet the new Tier III emission standards. In the Nebraska tests conducted in October 2009, Deere’s 8320R tractor, part of the R/RT series, set fuel efficiency records delivering 18.93 hp. hr/ gal while producing 274.37 PTO hp in […] Read more
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Machinery Guide – for May. 10, 2010

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Fuel costs are a benchmark of farm efficiency. Important on their own, they are also a gauge of how well we’re managing all the details, including everything from how much time we’re investing per acre of crop to how well we’re picking the right technology for our farms. So when you’re shopping for machinery, the […] Read more

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