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Healthy and nutritious hay begins with healthy and well-maintained hay fields. When it comes to hay fields, you can only take what you give. Maintaining your fields is a year-round job, but worth the time and effort when it comes to greater high-quality yields. Before you can give a field what it needs, you should know what it already does or does not have. Performing a soil test is a great place to start. Your local extension office can likely do this for minimal, if any, cost. The process si …

Hopefully before you’ve even decided to embark on the hay baling adventure, you’ve thought about where you are going to store the bales you produce. The task of baling hay is far too much work to let bales rot in the field. Here are some tips to keep your bales dry and efficiently organized. The best storage for hay--especially the small round and square bales produced on a small-farm operation--is in a barn or shed. The barn should be free of leaks and well ventilated. Air circulation is impo …

What if we told you that there is an easy and affordable (even free) way to ensure that you get the most out of your new equipment--and even protect your investment? What if we told you that it is so easy that you can do it from the comfort of your recliner? Guess what? There is! It’s simply reading your implement’s assembly, operator, and parts manuals. So, why is reading your manuals so important? Many people who have purchased similar pieces of equipment before, simply figure they already k …

As the end of the financial year approaches, it is helpful to learn about tax implications for small farms. Here at Tractor Tools Direct, we field many questions about small-farm sales tax exemptions and other tax deductions. If you haven’t already, it may make sense to set up your small farm as a business. Read further to learn more about the process to determine if applying for a farm tax ID would be beneficial to your operation. What is a farm tax ID number? A farm tax ID number i …

T’is the holiday season, and everyone loves the surprise of holiday packages delivered to their doors. However, at Tractor Tools Direct, we work to take the surprise out of the packages we deliver to you during any season. We know you are busy running your small farm and have no time for surprises. So we make every effort to ensure that when you make a purchase from us, you know exactly what you’re getting, when you’ll get it, and how it will arrive. Our exceptional service begins with your fi …