baling

I have 6 acres of land that has been grass for about 25 years. It never cropped very well so it been down as grass, which the neighbour grazes sheep on. I was thinking of getting it into SFI. So my plan was to take it from grass to a cereal crop for a year and then enter it into SFI. Is anyone...

Hi All. I am in the process of purchasing a Claas Quadrant 4000 square baler. it will be used for paddy straw square baling which we supply for CBG ( compressed bio gas ) to a local plant and to some rice mills as fuel ( burn) for the boilers . The High pressure steam is used by the turbines for...

Hi all, What are your thoughts on Massey Fergusons 4370 with 24/24 power shuttle? Seem a nice looking tractor. How would they fare baling and pulling a 10ft mo/co? Do they give much trouble? Thanks

Hi All. My name is Jordan Taylor, 29, Based near Market Drayton. I am self-employed with a wide range of experience looking for some good contacts for work throughout the year. I have my PA1, Loader, counterbalance forklift, MIG Welding and drone certificates with plans to gain First Aid and...

Up early, long drive yesterday so half-way I swung in to a midlands services treat myself to a takeaway coffee. As I picked up my major chain standard-size latte, I raised an eyebrow as the smiling attendant greeted me with "Anything else? Okay, that'll be just £4.40, please". Surprised, I...

Any puma users that have the full power shift gearbox what are they like to use for round baler work. Dose it go back to gear 1 when you go from reverse to forward. What are they like to drive? Looking at a 18 reg 1 but never had anything to do with 1

Which bale grab for handling three heston bales 8x4x4 in size. Ideally I need to flip them over in the field so strings are outwards. This would be to load into store in a shed that goes from 4 high on the outside to 6 high in the middle. Currently using a spike with a backframe that handles 2...

Has anyone experienced problems with pressing the clutch , changing gear and the tractors stays in neutral after releasing the clutch?

Does anyone have experience of Sipma equipment and location of uk dealers please ?

10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .

This year the straw I’ve been supplied is chopped, how this straw compares as bedding to non chopped: Negative: 1. Cattle are mucky after 24hrs, to keep them in the same condition as non chopped straw would need double the round bales. 2. It’s probably due to to a wetter year and how the wind...

Because it has rained incessantly for four months and the ground is like a swamp in places, it has been impossible to access some hedgerows for cutting. Assuming that it does stop raining, we'd be looking to get this done over the next few of weeks. But what is the actual legal requirement...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland In the US, Massey Ferguson announced recently that its SimplEbale baler upgrade system is now available through local Massey Ferguson dealers. This brings features normally only found on large square balers, such as flake count, bale length, hydraulic...

A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley) A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley). Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?

Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...

I’m a new farmer, been farming in my own right for 10 years now. Successfully grown a good business through contracting and growing our sheep flock. The time has come that I have paid my current tractor off. I have never like the idea of buying a new tractor as they depreciate so much! I have...

Just wondering, one block of farm with main buildings and sheep yard . Normally bale the 15 acres ( 12+3 )and also a 4 acre field of the bit marked 16. We get nice short cut sweet green hay but not so much of it , so you wise sheep men and women … to buy in fodder and rotate the sheep or to make...

would anyone be looking for a general farm worker ideally on in cambs beds or herts areas but relocation is an option .. I am Mid 40s and looking to make a full time job from a more recent harvest role.. currently taking my pa’s and keen to gain more experience . Trailer work . Secondary and...

Anyone had any experience how these handle baling haylage ?

I am sure this thread will have been done to death but if it has then I am not finding it. What's the opinion on the best make and model to choose for making up to / around 2,000 small conventional hay bales per year, within a price of around £5-6k second hand?