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Wood Chippers and Your Small Farm
The addition of landscaping, ground prep, and land clearing equipment to our inventory lends itself well to winter blog topics. We know that our customers have plenty to do to keep their small farms running in every season. The non-growing season on a farm is an especially perfect time to catch up on land maintenance tasks like brush clearing and dealing with trees and limbs that may have fallen during the stormy summer months. And what implement is most likely at the center of any of these w
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Dec 1st 2023
I Can't Find a Contract Hay Baler!
“It is darn near impossible to find a contract baler to bale my hay!” Yep! It’s a story that’s being relayed to us all too often by those calling into the customer service department here at Tractor Tools Direct. Our Chief Operating Officer, Jason, recently came across a news story sharing this same sentiment. We thought we should address and further discuss it here in our blog.The news story, out of Star, Idaho, (see link here) tells of a small-farm couple who have had to resort to mowing down
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Nov 1st 2023
Hay Cuttings: A Comparison
In a previous
blog, we discussed when to cut hay. In this blog, we will provide an overview of a season’s different hay cuttings.
Typically, first cuttings of a hay season can be achieved around May 15th in the southern regions of the US and May 25th to the north. The climate of a location will determine the number of cuttings that can be achieved each year. Northern areas of the US might only get 2 cuttings per season while southern areas might get 4 or more.
In very general terms,
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Feb 1st 2020