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Teagle's new 8200 bale processor will throw material 65 feet. Photo: Courtesy Teagle
Machinery, News

Teagle updates its lower-range bale processor

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Teagle has launched a new bale processor that is a rebuild of some of its older models. The company launched the new 8200 line in Canada at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show. Andy Robson, Teagle’s North American sales manager was at the Harco Ag display talking about the new processor. “The main feature about it […] Read more
VIDEO: Tools to stack and shred bales
Machinery

VIDEO: Tools to stack and shred bales

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Many products were featured on the grounds at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this year, and if your interest was of the baling variety – in its many shapes and forms – hopefully you took a chance to chat with show exhibitors. If not, here are two pieces of equipment that may be of interest to […] Read more
Sixth Line isn’t trying to hog all the limelight, but this bale is known to ham it up for photos.
News

PHOTOS: Amaranth Bale Trail has viewers exclaiming ‘Hay, that’s fantastic’

Amaranth’s economic development project provides bales of fun and promotes farmgate sales

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The Township of Amaranth is getting noticed for its economic development cre-Hay-tivity.  Nicole Martin, the township’s chief administrative officer, wanted to create an event to spur farmgate sales, build a sense of community and entice people to spend time in Dufferin County, which has a large rural base. “The idea is hopefully people come to […] Read more
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Crops

CFA’s Hay West program up and running

Program website now online

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A revival of the “Hay West” initiative, aimed at shipping feed from Eastern Canada to supplement drought-dented supplies in the West, has gone live. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture on Friday announced its Hay West 2021 initiative is “now operational and seeking applicants to both receive and supply hay.” Applicants interested in either supplying or […] Read more
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Crops

Hay shortage in Manitoba Interlake reaches tipping point

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MarketsFarm — A state of agricultural emergency has been declared in 12 municipalities, mostly in Manitoba’s Interlake region, due to chronically low hay yields. Drought and grasshoppers have hindered crops to the point that hay production is about 25 to 30 per cent of average. “We’ve moved cows out of pastures because the grasshoppers ate […] Read more
The McHale baler working in the field at the Ontario Forage Expo.
Machinery

Bale and wrap in one pass: new farm technology comes to Canada

Units from several manufacturers debuted at the Ontario Forage Expo

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European technology to bale and individually wrap hay in continuous operations is coming to Canada. Four such machines for round bales were on display at the Ontario Forage Expo recently near Monkton. Most Ontario farms that wrap silage bales in plastic do so in long rows, after bringing the bales to a storage spot and […] Read more

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