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BigBalers for Big Jobs

Jamie Johansen

Now here is a new toy for all those commercial hay operations, straw contractors and owner-operators shipping world-wide. New Holland Agriculture’s Next Generation BigBaler 330 produces 3’x3′ bales and the BigBaler 340 produces 3’x4′ bales. Provides up to 20% more capacity with up to 5% more density with patented “C” Shaped Shuttle design. Increased baling speeds of 110 bales per …

Audio, Beef, Dairy, Forage, Hay, New Holland

True Blue Tractor Luxury

Jamie Johansen

The two tractors highlighted during New Holland Agriculture’s First in the Field Media Event included the T5 and T6 series tractors. The new T5 has redefined utility tractor standards for mixed farmers with diversified livestock and crop operations. And the T6 has been further enriched by the addition of Auto Command. T5 Series: – 3.4L F5D Tier 4A emission complaint …

Audio, Beef, Dairy, Forage, Hay, New Holland

Center-Pivot Discbine Mower-Conditioners

Jamie Johansen

One of the six checkpoints we traveled through during New Holland Agriculture’s First in the Field Media Event was on their new discbines. New Holland has taken discbines to a whole new level with even more durability and functionality with their two new center-pivot models. Discbine 313 and 316 are designed for cleaner cutting, more efficient crop flow and smoother, …

Audio, Beef, Dairy, Hay, New Holland

New Holland Invites Media to First in the Field

Jamie Johansen

New Holland Agriculture’s First in the Field event has taken place throughout the month of July. The event is designed to train and educate dealers on new products, but ag media had the opportunity to take it all in as well. While enduring the heat in southern Texas, ag media spent the morning going through six checkpoints. Each station dug …

Audio, Beef, Dairy, Forage, Hay, Media, New Holland

New Holland Dealer Training

Jamie Johansen

New Holland Agriculture has spent a good part of the summer in the great state of Texas training their dealers from across North America. The training has taken place in Houston, where the temps are high and the humidity is even higher. But that hasn’t stop dealers from taking advantage of the two-day training opportunity. The dealers rotate through six …

Audio, Beef, Dairy, Hay, New Holland

New Holland Adds to Legacy with BigBalers

John Davis

They’ve been known for a long time for their baling products, and at the recent National Farm Machinery Show, our friends from New Holland really showed their legacy with two new models, the BigBaler 330 and 340, producing 3’x3′ or 3’x4′ large square bales. “You’ll see a new styling, a new appearance,” all designed to have better serviceability, said New …

Agribusiness, Audio, Hay, National Farm Machinery Show, New Holland, NFMS

Bigger Baling From New Holland

Chuck Zimmerman

Another “what’s new” from New Holland includes a new BigBaler like this 340 model. On site at the Farm Progress Show to talk about it was Scott Wangsgard. New Holland’s next generation BigBaler sets a new benchmark in baling performance. With up to a 20% increase in capacity and up to 5% denser bales, the BigBalers significantly improve productivity and …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farm Progress Show, Forage, Hay, New Holland

New Holland MegaCutter at Mega Media Event

Cindy Zimmerman

One of the new offerings from New Holland featured at last week’s Mega Media event was the MegaCutter™. We already heard about this new mounted triple disc mower-conditioner when it debuted at the National Farm Machinery Show in February, but we got another look last week in more detail with the help of New Holland Hay and Forage Segment Marketing …

Audio, Equipment, Hay, New Holland, Video

Using Bio-Forge to Increase Soybean Yields

Joanna Schroeder

This week, during the Ag Associates Conference hosted by StollerUSA, I had the opportunity to talk with Mike Molnar, with Town and Country Ag. His company is a co-op working in nine counties in North Eastern Ohio and three of their locations provide full-service ag products and applications for growers. Molnar told me that he has been using Stoller products …

Agribusiness, Audio, Hay, Soybean, Uncategorized

Baling Hay at Sunbelt Ag Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

I got out in the field on Wednesday at Sunbelt Ag Expo and the most active area was hay baling. As you’ll see in the video clip, there were a lot of machines being demonstrated. I also stopped at the precision ag demonstrations and will have an interview from there to post later as well as getting to learn about …

Hay, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Video