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Rounding up harvest and hay tools

Slideshow: New products from the National Farm Machinery Show offer unique ways to bring in the crop, and manage it.

9 Slides
Vermeer 604R series baler
Willie Vogt

Farm Progress has opened up the description of this collection of new products a little wide, but these do involve different aspects of the harvest. From combine heads to innovations in baling and bale handling, you’ll find a few items here of interest.

Keys to look for in this grouping include an interesting bale innovation. You’ll also find a new corn head with a redesign that reduces weight without giving up performance. And you’ll come across tools for taking care of bales when feeding time comes, including an innovation that can help turn round bales into profitable square bales.

Where possible, pricing is included, though some products were too new for pricing to be available. And don’t miss the tool at the end of the slideshow that offers an aggressive way to stop resistant weeds — kill the seeds at harvest.

About the Authors

Willie Vogt

Willie Vogt has been covering agricultural technology for more than 40 years, with most of that time as editorial director for Farm Progress. He is passionate about helping farmers better understand how technology can help them succeed, when appropriately applied.

Austin Keating

Associate Editor, Prairie Farmer

Austin Keating is the newest addition to the Farm Progress editorial team working as an associate editor for Prairie Farmer magazine. Austin was born and raised in Mattoon and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism. Following graduation in 2016, he worked as a science writer and videographer for the university’s supercomputing center. In June 2018, Austin obtained a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he was the campus correspondent for Planet Forward and a Comer scholar.

Austin is passionate about distilling agricultural science as a service for readers and creating engaging content for viewers. During his time at UI, he won two best feature story awards from the student organization JAMS — Journalism Advertising and Media Students — as well as a best news story award.

Austin lives in Charleston. He can sometimes be found at his family’s restaurant the Alamo Steakhouse and Saloon in Mattoon, or on the Embarrass River kayaking. Austin is also a 3D printing and modeling hobbyist.

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