Mowers were the most-demonstrated piece of hay equipment at the recent Ontario Forage Expo.
Photo: John Greig
The ability to check hay as it is cut, tedded, raked and baled is one of the reasons for the popularity of the Ontario Forage Expo.
Photo: John Greig
Marcrest Manufacturing demonstrated its self-propelled Bale Baron that can pick up small square bales and make them into a larger unit for moving with a loader.
Photo: John Greig
A Claas forage harvester was one of two harvesters that cut haylage at the expo.
Photo: John Greig
The trend is to less conditioning of hay cut for forage and that could be seen in the rows of hay cut at the Forage Expo, with wider rows of unconditioned and tighter rows of conditioned hay.
Photo: John Greig
The Ontario Forage Expo, hosted by the Ontario Forage Council and local soil and crop improvement associations, is held in a location in western and eastern Ontario each year. This year, the western edition was held near Monkton at Pendora Dairy.
