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Round or square? It’s the first thing most people ask when they’re buying a baler. But it’s not the best place to start. Start with the job. What are you baling, who are the bales for, and how much do you need to get done each season? Answer those, and the choice gets a lot easier. Start With Your Hay, Not the Bale Shape Hay, silage and straw all need a bit of a different approach. A farmer baling for their own cattle has different needs to a contractor baling for other properties. Work out what you’re baling and who...

Buying a harvester is one of the biggest calls a grain grower makes. It's a large number on the balance sheet, and it only earns its keep if it's working when the crop is ready. So the real question isn't whether you can afford one. It's whether you've got enough ground to keep one busy. Here's how to work out where that line sits for your operation. There's No Single Magic Number Anyone who hands you one hectare figure that suits every farm is guessing. Two growers with the same acreage can land on completely different answers. What matters is...

Growing in the Lockyer Valley means working some of the best country in the state and some of the tightest seasonal windows. Beds need preparing, plantings need to go in on schedule, and harvest doesn't wait around for a machine that's the wrong size for the job. That's why "which tractor?" rarely has a single answer. Narrow, compact, and utility tractors all earn their place in the valley, just on different kinds of farms. Here's how to work out which one fits yours. What Lockyer Valley Growers Actually Ask of a Tractor Vegetable and cropping work is rarely one big...

A combine harvester has one job: get the crop off the paddock efficiently, without creating more problems than it solves. For Australian broadacre farmers, that means looking beyond horsepower and grain tank size. Fuel use, crop flow, grain quality, maintenance, and how quickly the machine can unload all have a direct impact on how a harvest runs. That's where the Gleaner S9 Series deserves a closer look. The range is built around a fairly straightforward idea: keep crop moving efficiently through feeding, threshing, and separation, while avoiding unnecessary complexity in the harvesting system. So, are Gleaner combine harvesters worth it?...

"Should I buy new or used?" It's the question everyone leads with. It's usually the wrong one to start on. New versus used isn't really one decision; it's two. The first is how much horsepower the job actually needs. The second is whether new or used gets you there for less. Sort them in the wrong order, and it's easy to end up with a tractor that's either bigger than it needs to be or cheaper than it should have been. It Starts With the Work, Not the Price Tag Most people shop by budget first and horsepower second. It...