I say JD balers I have both and always makes a good even bale I found NH balers don't keep the same size bale you really have to slow down and speed up and even then off sizes
Great question! It depends, some years are better than others when it comes to rats in the barns going after the straw. But I don't think they really go after the grain in the straw, we've seen a lot of burrowing through it whenever we have a really hard winter.