Hay and Forage
Find out why farmer-buyers and equipment dealers are well positioned heading into the New Year and why hay tool equipment is setting records and driving buying behavior.
Hay and livestock producers are finishing up a solid year and specialized equipment like balers, loader tractors and feed trucks are seeing high dollar bids on the used farm equipment auction circuit.
Farmers are still put off by the high price of new, and the used equipment auction world is where they are heading in droves, whether its to find 10-plus-year-old bargains, good-condition, late-model machines or even rare, classic gems.
There are more good conditioned, late-model machines on dealer lots and in the auction circuit right now than at any other time in recent memory. Find out which machines you should target this winter with your year-end spend.
In a statement issued to Farm Journal, John Deere says fewer machinery orders from farmers are coming in, so more layoffs are slated to hit factory workers in Des Moines and Waterloo.
Farm machinery manufacturers are releasing details on Model Year 2026 balers and hay tools that feature increased automation, data integration and enhanced designs to help cover more acres in a single day.
An electric-driven, 50-hp Can-Am ATV and new round hay baler and utility tractor series from New Holland are heading to North American farms and ranches soon.
A roundup of machinery news that includes a new leader at AGCO’s PTx, Farmall utility tractors and a new round baler from Case IH, and an updated forage harvester series from Claas.