Dry straw and power creep test baler buyers
A farmer’s question about which 120 by 90 high density square baler to buy ran for seven weeks on The Farming Forum and became an audit of the big baler trade. Contributors reported power requirements that have doubled in a generation, with 12 tonne balers and talk of 300hp minimums, while the driest season in memory stripped bale weights to as little as 250kg against weighbridge averages near 500kg. Knotter care, dealer backup and even the combine that cut the field now shape the straw’s value.
