Make plans to attend the 6th National Conference on Grazing Lands on December 13-16, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency DFW near Grapevine, Texas. Listen to ranchers and other from the industry share information based on personal experiences, something unique to this event. Topics to be covered include: grazing management, grazing land economics and marketing, public policy, soil health and the … Read More
My New Holland 1st Cut Winner – Jimmy Parker
Here’s the next interview in our series on winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition. Chuck spoke by phone with Jimmy Parker from Mississippi who submitted this photo with the caption – NH baler so fast…Got finished in time to GO FISHING! There in Southeast Mississippi, Jimmy runs about a 100 head of beef cattle and operates a complete … Read More
My New Holland 1st Cut Winner – David Nelson
Here’s the next interview in our series on winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition. Chuck spoke by phone with David Nelson from Preston, Idaho who submitted this photo on his last round during sunset. His family farm of land and dairy cattle has been in his family since 1888 and you can tell David is a proud 5th … Read More
My New Holland 1st Cut Winner – Leroy Otten
Here’s the next interview in our series on winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition. Chuck spoke by phone with Leroy Otten of Alberta, Canada who submitted this photo that he calls “Dream Team.” Leroy milks about 250 dairy cows, farms 800 of grain land and the rest of their farming operation is used in silage production. Just after … Read More
New Holland 1st Cut Winner – Tyler Egeland
Here’s a first in a series of interviews with the winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition. I spoke by phone with Tyler Egeland of Iowa who submitted a very creative photo into the contest. Tyler proposes to his girl friend by cutting the words, “Lauren, will you marry me?” into an alfalfa field using a New Holland Speedrower. … Read More
New Holland's Forage Cruisers Impress at #WDE15
Producing the best quality feed possible is the end goal for New Holland’s FR Forage Cruiser SP Forage Harvesters. Naturally, one of the best places to display this monster of a machine is during the 2015 World Dairy Expo. The New Holland team has been out in full-force to talk to producers from around the globe about their line up … Read More
Vermeer BW5500 Inline Bale Wrapper
Vermeer Corporation has added a new inline bale wrapper to its hay and forage equipment lineup. The Vermeer BW5500 bale wrapper is designed to give large volume hay operations and custom operators faster wrapping times and more operational control. “As you increase the number of bales wrapped each year, producers should consider moving from an individual wrapper to an inline … Read More
1st Cut Competition Winners Announced
The results are in and the winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition have been announced. They are Les Hershey of Kirkwood, Pa., Jimmy Parker of Stringer Miss., Merlin Bontrager of Timbo, Ark., Tyler Egeland of Ossian, Iowa, David Nelson of Preston, Idaho, Vanessa Dirksen of Alma, Ontario, and Leroy Otten of Ponoka, Alberta. Pictured is Leroy Otten’s entry. … Read More
New John Deere Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters
Quite a few new products were put on display for those of us in ag media last week. That includes three new models of the 8000 Series Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters. “We took the momentum from the 8000 Series rollout last year and added to an already stellar lineup of forage harvesters,” says Tim Meister, division manager, marketing with John Deere. … Read More
BigBalers with Bigger Capabilities
New Holland has added capabilities to its line of BigBalers and Curt Hoffman took to the field to tell us about them. One big new feature is ISOBUS III compatibility. What does this mean? It means that the balers now feature the IntelliCruise™ feed rate control system on the Standard and CropCutter™ BigBaler 1270 and BigBaler 1290 large square balers. … Read More