{"id":8640,"date":"2021-04-30T21:27:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2022-01-15T23:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:18:21","slug":"what-does-a-baler-do-on-a-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/what-does-a-baler-do-on-a-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does A Baler Do On A Farm?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cutting and raking a crop is only half of the battle. A baler is necessary to take those harvested crops and make them more convenient to transport, store, and\/or sell. Without a baler, farming could be a lot more labor-intensive, to say the least. But, knowing whether or not your farm or homestead is ready for the investment of a baler can be a bit tricky. Let\u2019s take a look at what a baler does on the farm, the best uses for a baler, and purchasing options for this heavy-duty machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is A Baler?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A baler is a piece of farm equipment that is used to take cut and raked crops, like hay, cotton, silage, etc, into compressed bales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These compressed bails of plant material make them easier and more efficient to transport and handle throughout the consumer cycle. A properly baled bale of crops<\/a> will retain more nutrients for later use, whether it be for livestock or something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of balers<\/a> is quite interesting. Before commercial balers were invented, this job was done by hand<\/a>. Pitchforks and other hand tools<\/a> were used to create haystacks that took up much more space and required much more physical labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1800s, the first mechanical balers were invented and commercialized. In the early 1900s, they were adopted and the use of balers is almost universal on medium-scale and large-scale farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does A Baler Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When a crop is cut and raked into a windrow, it needs to be collected to be able to be stored and\/or sold. A baler compresses this cut and raked plant material and binds it with some form of binding, like twine, wire, or netting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This keeps the compressed plant material in place for long periods of time before eventually being removed by the end consumer.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The use of a mechanical baler is more efficient than doing this laborious work by hand. It allows the machine operator to harvest large plots of land in a short amount of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The binding process also allows the harvested crop to be transported over long distances, which was simply impossible with old-age haystacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Does A Baler Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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