Scooping Up 120 Square Bales At A Time

Big Tractor Power follows AGCO brand machines as they produce 25,000 small square bales of straw for the horse and construction market. Viewers will see a 200 bu. Deutz-Allis Gleaner L3 combine harvesting wheat and windowing straw. An AGCO RT120 tractor with a New Holland 570 14x18 baler collects the windrows of straw with a Kuhns MFG 1036F 10 bale accumulator. A tracked skid steer loader picks up the blocks of bales and an Allis-Chalmers 7030 tractor with a pair of wagons duals the bales of straw to the barn. A 140 hp Clark Michigan Wheel Loader scoops up 120 bales of straw at a time and puts them away in the barn.
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[@markstengel7680]

Liked watching straw being used for the critters. Older machinery still doing a honest days work.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding the classics at work.

[@andrewbibby1608]

Brillant way of handling the small bales... No. monstrous, expensive machinery too. Well done,, one of the few farms Thats not in dept.

[@bigtractorpower]

This straw set up is pretty slick. They looked at several options before deciding on this one. It is effective.

[@earlharman2040]

I like the old equipment that has been well taken care of.

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a nice farm. Thank you for watching.

[@Meowschitz]

Super slick setup awesome job finding the hidden gem operations like this Jason. Everyone and their mom runs John Deere combines and John Deere tractors on there corn fields. This is the neat stuff you don’t get to see much. I only bale enough straw for my bedding every year from my winter wheat fields. I run 3x4x8 900-1,100 pounds square bales and use a telehandler to pick them up in the field and use peterbuilts with three 40 foot flatbeds to take them to my barns that are fully enclosed and have concrete floors. I do have a wheel loader with a bale fork attatchment that has 8 foot forks so I can grab to stacks of three bales at a time so it makes loading trucks super easy and doesn’t obstruct my vision at all. I also charge a lot per ton for my bales and most of them go to the Tillamook valley dairy farms on the Oregon coast so I have to make sure they don’t get any weather at all. My balers are custom because every time a bale slides out it lands on top of a sheet of plastic that gets cut to bale size so that way they aren’t ever sitting on the ground. My fields are also super nice they have been takin such good care of I don’t have to spray anything on them because my family has been ranching and selling hay in the same location for almost 201 years from 1819 to now no one in my family has ever once taken a plow or any implement like that to those grass fields they are so thick that weeds don’t grow through they are naturally flood irrigated because having wheel lines or pivots ruins the ground and I can’t have that happen period no matter how little damage they do also we have never once ever let a single livestock animal into those fields. I admire these guys cleverness and ingenuity in the operation. Once again awesome job with the video Jason you never stop amazing! The reason I run a telehandler in the fields is because I can pull it on a gooseneck trailer behind my Cummins also every single one of my Massey balers that bale the hay have never bales anything else in their entire life’s I have one baler specifically for straw so there is no chance of cross contamination. It probably sounds like I’m crazy and more like I’m growing something in a lab not a field but the reason we are so successful is because we have stuck to the same strategy for 201 years well I mean back 100 years ago it was all done by hand so I guess there was some livestock in the hay fields when they had to use horses to pull their flatbed buggies and stack loose hay before the baler was even an idea in someone’s mind haha. Sorry for rambling on but wanted to share part of my story:D

[@williamwoods3920]

You give us better action shots of equipment working then the actual manufacturers do. Thank you

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for the compliment and for watching.

[@scruffy6151]

Thank you BTP. Nice looking set up seams to work very good for them. Nice to see old iron working and getting the job done even the old wheel loader.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was some cool iron.

[@garlandhenry6792]

Very efficient operation. Love seeing the old stuff

[@bigtractorpower]

It moves a bunch a straw in a hurry.

[@stevefrench6733]

Ran a tl150 for a few years. Loved that little machine

[@bigtractorpower]

👍

[@outdoorking69]

Brilliant way to get the bales in the barn with the old loader.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding the classics.

[@derrickzenner9300]

Looks like a fun day of farming. I've never seen an aftermarket cab on a 7030. Nice little exhaust mod too! That endloader sounds sweet.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a neat set up to get to film.

[@danielcorrea87]

Wow! To see and hear that Clark Michigan bring me back to my childhood. What a unique sound.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding classic still hard at work.

[@jmurphy1973]

I can almost smell and taste the straw dust and it feels like every 90 degree day coming through the screen. I spent many a long day in my younger days throwing bales on a hay rack behind a baler. Great video work. Edit: I just noticed that their using floating forks to lift the bale pallets. I hated those things when I ran a lift because they never failed to get stuck under something, flip up like a teeter totter and upend whatever it was you were lifting.

[@bigtractorpower]

My first job was stacking hay on a farm off kick bale wagons. This process is a whole lot faster.

[@harrisonrawlinson5650]

i personally prefer floating forks, its far more forgiving if you get the tilt angle wrong whilst pulling out

[@garySS74]

Another great video by BTP. We used JD, NH & Heston equipment primarily but uncles on mom’s side of the family used plenty of AC & Gleaner equipment and I was always impressed by it, especially the combines, they could really roll along.

[@adamrogers3946]

Great video. We enjoyed you coming and sharing this with everyone.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. It was a fun day in field. I look forward to visiting again. You have a great farm.

[@steinwaymodelb]

Adam Rogers Do you use this pallet system with hay as well? Great system!

[@adamrogers3946]

steinwaymodelb we don’t bale any hay just straw.

[@toddhoward6427]

Adam Rogers more information on the grapple please.... Thank you in advance

[@Heimerviewfarm]

The gleaner l3 was a big combine for it's time!

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes it was. Top of the line until the N6 came out.

[@LMDProductionsOfficial]

For a combine that old that thing is movin!

[@bigtractorpower]

The L3 is a solid machine.

[@justingroves9058]

Growing up in the 80's in southern Ohio I would see many Gleaner and International combines. Hardly ever a John Deere. Now mostly all I see is John Deere and an occasional New Holland. There are many an old Gleaner sitting in barns around here dormant. My Dad and Uncle both had one for small part-time operations.

[@perryspradlin6779]

B.T.P. Best way i have seen to make hay or straw on touch bailing can't beat that. Useing A.C. and Gleaner one great video thanks from a A.C. And Gleaner fan.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is a neat process. The AGCO related machines are a bonus for sure.

[@FriendlyCleaningKC]

The accumulator and grappler are quite fascinating

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a neat process for sure.

[@strudders2112]

That is a really impressive set up. We used flat 8’s if we were lucky when I was working on farms, but mostly chucking on by hand. :)

[@bigtractorpower]

That hand work is tough. That was my first job on a farm stacking hay.

[@jimsmith9819]

this is the first time ive ever seen anyone running traction tires on a combine. how does that clark driver see where hes going? good video, brought back many memories

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is a neat operation.

[@jamieshields9521]

Nice set up more modern then what we use to do👍about 15 years ago since we did hay carting, with bale pick up hook to driver side of truck. Bale would come up bale pick up, two of us would load bales into position on truck. Then unload by swing bales into hay shed💪. How times have change. Love how kept classic tractors n combines going on farm yet making job easier unloading hay.👍

[@bigtractorpower]

That is a cool set up. I have a Hesston, IH and JD brochure in truck mounted lifters. Thank you for sharing. I would love to film a truck loader someday.

[@jacksak]

There sure is a lot going on. This might be the most integrated bigtractorpower of them all with the variety of equipment working together.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was fun to film. There was a Deutz-Allis R60 rolling in the field too. You can just catch a glimpse of it in the opening 10 seconds.

[@Jim0i0]

It's a dream farm. Go team orange, red, and grey!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a nice line up for sure.

[@hughmarcus1]

Interestingly what’s badged as AGCO in the US is sold under the Massey Ferguson brand in Europe. The tractor doing the baling would be a Massey 5455 in Europe. It’s pretty much identical but the cab is silver. In Europe they don’t do dual wheels on the rear, just a much wider single set.

[@lawnfarmer]

BTP, there are a few good farms left in middle TN and most use green or red equipment. I'm one of the very few still running orange and silver. Also have a 3588 IH. Great videos. Keep up the good work.

[@bigtractorpower]

Keep the orange going. Thank you for sharing. I would like to film a 3588. They are cool tractors. Where are you near in TN?

[@lawnfarmer]

South of Nashville in Spring Hill.

[@bigtractorpower]

Neat. I am north of Nashville. Could you drop me an e-mail at [e-mail]

[@lucasrabe]

How hard is it to fix or get parts for the 3 series Gleaners? L3 or M3 it’s been like 40 years since they were produced

[@lawnfarmer]

@@lucasrabe Agco still offers a selection of parts through their Heritage line.

[@jankotze1959]

Fantastic, really a special video or rathrer another fantastic one, thanks BTP

[@bigtractorpower]

Thanks for all your great comments. You are a top BTP fan.

[@TheFarmingLife]

Excellent video I would love to see a close-up of the string being tied round the Bales. It's nice to see older equipment getting the job done. Have a great day

[@Budd56]

Yes I would like to see how that works also

[@jasonleckrone2577]

Maybe if you could find a sponsor you could see that but I doubt it

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

The Farming Life I see some real farmers are starting to ask why you want sponsors to pay for your calves thought you said that you made money on your calves are you going to ask for somebody to sponsor your fields and hay business also oh your neighbor doing the fields so who is sponsoring the hay business I remember your video about being a farmer and this tractor pays for that tractor and the combine paid for the truck so why can't these machines pay for your cattle operation have a nice day efficiency is the key to farming stacking cattle in a barn and feeding day and night and buying tons of equipment only leads to one thing just a thought

[@jrice1091]

justin whitley Sponsor? What does that mean? What does it cost? What do you get out of it?

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

who farming life or elm custom has started a sponsor program to get people to pay for his calving operation

[@goforit5844]

Old farm hand here - Never cared for the baling, hauling, stacking all that much...! It, was all by hand, one bale at a time... Now, using equipment to do ALL without ever physically touching a single bale - from inside an air conditioned cab - Is TOTALLY a different story... I could bale and stack hay All day - No Problem... :)

[@larry4082]

Another great baling video. This accumulator is another new one for me.

[@bigtractorpower]

Lots of options on square bales. I hope to film some other bale collectors.

[@lukasl.1976]

I am from germany and we are driving deutz fahr tractors and combines, they have a good price and the combines are the best, better than our case CF70

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Always an honor to have people from around the world watching. I am exited because a well known local dealer in my area of Kentucky just added Deutz tractors to their store this year. I filmed a Deutz 9340TTV this spring.

[@lukasl.1976]

bigtractorpower Yes they are nice tractors, and their price is very good for the machine😉

[@robbybachmann332]

While we use balewagons on our farm this operation clearly shows there is more than one way to get the job done without touching a bale...

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a neat process. This farm looked at a bale wagon. They basically bale two days a year to put up 25,000 bales. The bale wagon is fast but they saw they still needed a loader at the barn to double stack and saw the Kuhns accumulator was much less of an investment. It’s a slick processes for smaller production.

[@eof3100]

I like your channel especially this one with the hay equipment it would be nice to see more videos of the modern hay equipment small squares big squares and round bale's . Farming insider uses alot of nice modern hay equipment.

[@ruger.22]

I'd love to have that gleaner L3 on fs19 🙁

[@jamiebarker7577]

Another awesome video again champion, keep up the good work......well done

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@TwoFarmBoys]

This is a lot more complicated then when we bale! (Even though we just bale hay.) But we just let the baler drop the bale on the ground, then we come around with a truck and a few people to pick em up and throw up! Anyways, great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. How many bales do you put up that way?

[@TwoFarmBoys]

We don't bale that much land. We put up a little over 600 square bales in our first cutting this year!

[@carlwolf4865]

Very efficient with the older equipment !!!

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a neat process.

[@thr8061]

There's a farmer over here in Central WI who uses a MF 5713 SL tractor, MF Hesston 1840 baler & Kuhns AE18 accumulator. He must be using 28' wagons because he hauls back & forth load with 4 stacks or 6 rows or 432 bales per wagon. It does look like he loads them with a similar loader attachment w/ the tie feature.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@drakehamm1797]

That’s a nice no till drill they got there

[@whiteout1962]

Got an L2 in the junk pile....it was always something never went a full day with it. It was a gear jammer. Nice for saving straw and I like the constant smoke that poured out of exhaust. It was a low hour machine to,must have been built on a Monday

[@bigtractorpower]

That is not a good experience. I filmed a couple of L3s and the owners swear by them.

[@Wiking419]

Very smart operations, thanks BTP, sir.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@daprankingcousins1270]

What does the bailer guy do when he has a busted bail ?

[@jameslindley924]

Galvanised and CRACKING ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@hardlyableacresrsh7212]

I was surprised that you didn't explain why they were using the L3 instead of their newer rotary combines. I believe it is because particular straw buyers do not want straw from a rotary as it is chewed up too fine for their preference. The older walker style machines produce a longer straw.

[@lucasrabe]

You would be correct!! Straw walker machines like JD 9500 and older Gleaners produce a superior straw product!

[@padairyfarming6489]

That would be some big money straw.

[@123321wertyu]

Neat operation

[@sneakysnake109]

Enjoyed this one, especially handling all that hay without touching 1 bale by hand. Thanks for the video.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a neat process. Thank you for watching.

[@kevindavis6042]

Can't imagine any other way to be more efficient

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s an impressive set up.

[@davidkellet1006]

We used to move them by hand

[@alexthomson719]

Another great video once again thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@codyludwig2811]

Ive never seen a small square baler with a bg pile of straw on it like this one I thought that would cause problems for the baler. Sure looks nice around there I like gleaner to but John Deere is my most favorite.

[@michaelkoop5380]

Very nice

[@fab8657]

Great video!! Very interesting machines!! Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@danielhastie8822]

Nice video! Looks like the combine is moving right along! Do you know how fast he was running? Did he do any special modifications to the combine? We used to have a Gleaner L3 with a 24' header, and the fastest we ever ran was about 4 mph in 40-bushel wheat. Looks like he's running faster than that in 90 bpa!

[@roybeyer2991]

great video 👍 nice way to do such operation

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It is a cool process.

[@mikep7810]

Really cool set up. Great vdeo!

[@Farmerjon9660]

mikep7810 ha this isnt no more than 10 miles away from me. I know this family really well

[@mikep7810]

Farmerjon9660 that's pretty cool. They have a nice set up. Makes nice straw too

[@noahpedersen5714]

dang they've got all the setups in western Kentucky lol

[@4gauge10]

.I've never seen one of these before,very unusual equipment B.T.P..Making bulk idiot blocks,NICE!.

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a slick way to move a bunch of small bale for industries that need that size.

[@nielsdybro9759]

Nice video. Quite efficient process they have there.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is a nice system. Thank you for watching.

[@farmmachineryfan856]

+bigtractorpower Very nice video BTP! I really enjoyed watching the bale accumulator.

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

[@larrykriete7035]

Have never seen an 7000 series Allis with a Hiniker cab before. Thought they were all factory cabs or open station only,

[@bigtractorpower]

It is very unique.

[@drakehamm1797]

My grandpa tells me stories about a loader that he used to own that’s probably twice the size as that one and he said he never found a tree he couldn’t push over with it

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@chuckstevenson2929]

Great video right there.

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

[@TroianusEquus]

Another great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jessaryenterprises]

If they were a true Agco farm, they would have a Hesston/Massey in-line baler running.

[@nalley6815]

Jeffrey Essary right!

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Very interesting video btp!

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad you enjoyed it. I am Always impressed by the monster towers of straw bales you put up in your videos.

[@carsonnuckols8834]

Have you ever filmed anything out west or is it only in Western Kentucky and the Midwest stated

[@bigtractorpower]

Right now it is 90% WKY where I live. I do film in TN, IL, IA, OH, NY, WI and MO. I might film in Canada this year. I went to get out West. It’s just getting the time. If I travel to film them I am missing the big machines at home. Just need to make a priority list on what is the most unique to film.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Nice video!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@mrih1586]

Loved seeing the old LIII. I'm betting from the trail of smoke it has the Allis engine not Deutz.

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes no Deutz in an Orange one. Not sure the green one got the air cooled. The big N and Rs got the Deutz motor in 86.

[@Czecher262]

Great video.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@tolkuchi]

Керім күшті!

[@calebbrehm3328]

Then not cleaning off the baler kills me. We always blow ours off with a big air compressor

[@bigtractorpower]

I am sure they clean the baler at the end of the day. I only filmed it working.

[@calebbrehm3328]

bigtractorpower I hope so. Love the channel btw. Been binge watching all the videos

[@lucasrabe]

They do 25K straw bales in 2 days. I’m sure it only takes 7-10K bales to get that much chaff on top. They probably clean it off at the end of each day.

[@mataiterapreha]

The old girl using all of those 145hp to harvest that wheat.

[@georgedoorley5628]

not cutting it too low considering you are going to bale it after .... 4x4 bale of barley straw is making 25 euro here now in ireland due to the drought and resulting fodder famine

[@bigtractorpower]

They cut it higher because they plant soybeans right behind the baler as a second grain crop. The higher stubble helps the soybeans grow. This farm only bales a small portion of their straw and spreads most of their wheat acres as all of the wheat is followed by soybeans.

[@georgedoorley5628]

lucky to be able to grow 2 crops .....very poor growth here this year due to drought .....usuallly too much rain in ireland ...!! excellant video has the combine got a deutz air cooled engine ??

[@terryburgett3480]

The maintenance there must be great to have older equipment working on the farm

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a nice farm.

[@atmidnight8740]

Very interesting video. Do they sell or use the straw on their farm? Could use some weed control around that hay barn though. Lol

[@bigtractorpower]

The straw is sold to the horse market and for construction.

[@NatureRecycleFlorida]

wow

[@kyleshores432]

No info on the massey, and just a light touch on the skidsteer?

[@bigtractorpower]

The Massey is a 251. It’s a neat tractor but added a few extra minutes to explain making the video longer. I like to keep a video in that 9 to 12 minute range. As far as the skid steer I glazed over it because I do not know how to pronounce the brand name. I had never heard of it. I did not want to mess up the brand.

[@adamrogers3946]

The skid steer is aTakeuchi TL 150. It’s the exact same thing as a Gehl. About the pronunciation of the name I could tell you that either. 😂

[@sonnybeach4932]

maybe should have explained why they used the L3 for baling straw.. I'm assuming a straw walker vs rotary machines and doesnt beat up the straw as much

[@cadenmoyer6425]

That Skiploader is expensive

[@michaeldobberstein5365]

I wonder why the header isn't closer to the ground to accumulate more straw? Or would the combine have a harder time doing that?

[@bigtractorpower]

This farm plants a second crop of soybeans right behind the baler. The taller stubble helps the new soybeans grow.

[@michaeldobberstein5365]

bigtractorpower ah ok makes sense.

[@jimscales8054]

Good idea with them pallets

[@bigtractorpower]

I thought it was a cool idea too.

[@FarmerBoy-zy7sj]

How many bales does the farm do total?

[@Anders_HeymSR30]

25000

[@bigtractorpower]

25,000. They put them up in two days.

[@marksteines2048]

Where is this farm and are they selling the straw?

[@bigtractorpower]

They are in Kentucky and the straw is sold to the horse industry and construction industry.

[@lowellwalter9420]

Is there any reason they don’t use a Heston/Massey Ferguson small square baler? That would make it a complete AGCO lineup

[@bigtractorpower]

I am not sure. Most of the farms in WKY wether JD, CIH or AGCO that bale all run NH square balers. My local Challenger dealer has a 14x18 Challenger Baler on the lot. I would like to film it in the field.

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

What Industrial use does straw have anyway?

[@bigtractorpower]

Construction sites and coal mine reclamation.

[@57fitter]

Cover to help grass seed start on the places listed above.

[@marksteines2048]

That stubble is long!

[@bigtractorpower]

The farm plants soybeans right behind the baler as a second grain crop. The long stubble helps the beans grow over the summer.

[@mattgrover9562]

Hey bigtractorpower why dont u go east to wes pandya and do a video on his multch hay operation

[@bigtractorpower]

I would like to film his mowers and the Krone. If I get out that way I have an invitation to film at OLF.

[@diersirrigation]

You can film OLF when he goes south this summer to bale straw.

[@Leofred2000]

If you had also converted the mesurements to metric, this would be the best agri channel on yt

[@bigtractorpower]

I will see what I can do on a video or two.

[@Machi74005]

Pardon my ignorance of the process, but does the straw have to be run through a combine or could it just be cut and crimped by a regular hay binder behind a tractor then baled?

[@RJ1999x]

Machi74005 the straw is run threw the combined to remove the wheat, which is the value part of the crop, the straw is just extra

[@danishtimelapse62]

If they want straw then tell Them to lower the header on the combine. Might be worth it after some time

[@bigtractorpower]

What is powering the header?

[@danishtimelapse62]

Lower. Sorry small buttons on the phone lol 😆

[@lucasrabe]

Leaving taller stubble for moisture retention and weed suppression for double crop soybeans. I’m sure beans are no-tilled in right behind.

[@davedocker1195]

I use to make $2.00 a hour picking them up.

[@bigtractorpower]

That was my first job. Stacking hay in the loft.

[@veronaprestegord3154]

We have an L3

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@RJ1999x]

I would remove the Deutz -Allis decals and rebadge it Allis Chalmers if it was mine!

[@bigtractorpower]

I think Deutz-Allis will be a collectible item as the company was so short lived. I like tracking down Deutz-Allis machines especially the merger items because they are so rare and many people did pull the Deutz-Allis stickers off.

[@RJ1999x]

bigtractorpower possible, but I think it's sacrilege. Deutz destroyed Allis Chalmers and I don't think they should be rewarded. Just my biased opinion!

[@feelnrite]

When were the bales tied on the pallets on each run?

[@bigtractorpower]

The skid steer ties the blocks of bales together.

[@57fitter]

@@bigtractorpower Jason, do you remember how they were tied, an actual knotter ??

[@lucasrabe]

Yes. The Kuhns grabbers have a knitter on the Grabber. Helps the layer stay together better during transfer and in the shed.

[@barriefarmsjr]

This is the only way to do small bales but it still isn't as good as 1 ton bales

[@barnfly6945]

Clark Meatchicken loader is a old old loader.

[@bigtractorpower]

I think this one is early 70s.

[@PAFarms]

bigtractorpower I was wondering, I ran a Cat 910 and was thinking it was the same era.

[@JGormo11811]

The agco looks the same as the mf 4270.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is.

[@MichaelJohnson-ox4vy]

Hell y not use a stack wagon ? To many machines , n men .

[@bigtractorpower]

A new stack wagon is $230,000. The set up on this farm can move a bunch of straw. Not really that many people involved. One baling and one loading.

[@MichaelJohnson-ox4vy]

@@bigtractorpower , look I have a stack wagon pulls behind my tractor. Bought it used $7k , works great . My kid bails , n I run stack wagon.6hrs when can do about 1200/1300 bales of straw .

[@lucasrabe]

Try 25K bales in 2 days. With this system they can load semis or flatbeds faster. I really like the setup!

[@FarmerTed]

Do they even pay enough for straw for the fertilizer lost and labor and time to bale? That’s why we quit doing it, no money in it.

[@lucasrabe]

Hence the older machinery. Less capital costs. They are leaving 1/3 or more of the stubble in the field, so shouldn’t be losing that much for fertilizer. They are getting both wheat and straw bake money out of that field in a single day, plus good weed suppression and moisture retention for double crop soybeans. I’m really impressed by the operation. I just wonder if the pallet slide all come back to the farm and are reused?

[@farminwithfergusons]

was that a MF 275

[@bigtractorpower]

A 251