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Livestock Winter Hay Needs – Hay Calculator
With winter coming on, it is time to make sure that you have enough hay in the barn to last until your pastures are growing again next spring. While there are many factors to consider when calculating winter hay needs, we are giving you some conversions to simplify the process—and even providing you with a handy “Hay Calculator” to make the process even simpler!
Before performing any calculations, take these factors into consideration:
Length of season. The number of months y
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Oct 24th 2018
Calculating Hay Yields
“How much hay can I expect to get from my ‘x’ number of acres?”
One of the most frequent questions we hear from our customers who are considering making the jump to haying independence is, “How much hay can I expect to get from my ‘x’ number of acres?” While we wish there were an easy answer to this question, there just isn’t. Unfortunately, the calculation of hay yields depends upon so many varying factors, that a single answer is just not
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May 3rd 2018
Small Farm Haying Independence at a Small Farm Price
"You can bale when your pasture is at its nutritional peak—not when the farmer down the road gets around to it."
Do you operate a small farm? Do you own a little livestock and a few acres of hay pasture? Are you tired of waiting until the farmer down the road gets around to baling your hay—usually long after it has reached its nutritional peak? Then maybe it’s time for you to make the jump to haying independence. Fortunately, we at Tractor Tools Direct have developed a line of
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Apr 11th 2018
A brief history of Tractor Tools Direct
One look at the Tractor Tools Direct website and you will see that we are a very different type of tractor and hay equipment company. From our specialized equipment lines that meet the needs of the small-tractor owner to our e-commerce structure, TTD definitely provides a very one-of-a-kind equipment shopping experience. Why is TTD providing you–the hay-making enthusiast, orchard owner, grounds keeper—with such novel solutions to your equipment needs? Well, simply put, we are hoping
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Jan 13th 2014