New Baler Baling Corn Stalks! 

Hi from Germany, This is a very common baler here. First up to the early 2000 the brand was called Welger. They always had very high quality products and were agritecnical leaders. Then Lely bought most of the company and pulled out a lot of money and dont invest any in the production plant. So Agco bought it in 2017 i think, and labled their producs in Fendt and MF. The balers and also the mowers and tedders are very good maschines. A good friend has the same one with a Fendt label on it ans is very happy with it. He pushes out 3000 bales a year. Wish you a lot of pleasure with this baler, Best regards 150 miles away from the original born place of your baler😉

Most farmers don’t understand unloading a round bale on their side hill a lot of the i tubers are all flat landers. I learned in 1977 when l got rid of the kicker. Still lose one to the swamp occasionally just pay attention

Pretty ending. Good editing while learning a new operation 👌

Aaron, net wrap layers are best to be set at a half point. The reason for this is so that the start and stop point is not the same place on a bale. For instance, if you set your net wrap at 3.5 than the start and stop point should be 180 degree apart. If you set net at 3, the net stop at the same place it started on bale. If the wrap is 180 degee off from start/stop point the bale will stay together better. Expecially when trying to stuff as much fodder as you can in each bale. we have learned to put at least 3.5 wraps on corn fodder. Hope this helps in future if you end up buying a round baler. Merry Christmas!!

Cody, I totally enjoy all your videos, my uncles were dealers with International, Oliver, Cockshutt and finally White. Now the dairy farms are now beef farms. Your dad is a walking manual about everything. Thank you, Western PA. Skip Ruckert.

I watch lots of farm videos and I enjoy yours, and so nice to see a big company come to a smaller farming and give you a baling demo. So surprised to see them do this but happy to see you folks get a chance to see the big stuff that just may be out of your reach, or not!!! Great video as always and wish you all a great year in 2023 I will be watching and thanks for the great video.

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We just bought a new round baler this summer. Was down to the Massey in this video and a McHale V6 750. We ended going with the McHale V6 750. The prices were quite similar. They are in a league of their own. The MF/Lely/Welger design is a great machine and time tested. I’d be happy to have one of them if the McHale didn’t exist. The McHale is an absolute beast of a thing, really nice pickup design. Will feed any size windrow at any speed. Makes an incredibly dense bale. The leading Deere or New Holland couldn’t get half the amount of hay into the same sized bale a McHale can. Ireland has some of if not the toughest haying conditions in the world. If it works great there, it’s a cake walk here. The McHale is built for custom contractors. Well worth a look, even if your dealer is far away. My nearest McHale dealer is 3 hours away and I’m not the least bit concerned by that.

The guys I help run equipment for have a Massey Ferguson round baler also. Theirs is a 5556arb. It is an automatic round baler which is what the arb after the model stands for. That basically means that it will wrap and eject the bale without us doing anything except for pushing 1 button to start the wrapping process. It is a nice unit and we really like it. I have never ran it personally but could if I needed to. We have 1 main person that runs it. I have been with 3 or 4 times when he has been bailing with it. Ours is one with the wrap still stored in the back gate. That system is a good system. Have not had many problems with the baler at all. A couple problems but nothing major.

Wise and fantastic choice !! Those balers, based on the Lely models, are incredibly performant and reliable ! Here in France and in Europe too, they are the premium choice ! 💪👍👍👍

Thanks for this video. Interesting to learn about modern round balers. All that was around when I was growing up on my dad's farm were the early Allis Chalmers which made a bale only about 2 feet in diameter.

I used to fix the Motorola radios at Lindstrom Equipment. A long time ago.

I really appreciate this video. Thanks much to all for it.

Nice looking round baler

New and old equipment working together. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe and God bless.

Nice video. That's a nice unit thanks for sharing that with us see you next time.

I really enjoy watching your videos I am a rancher in north Texas! I enjoy learning about the dairy side of the cow business from y’all. Your dad is a savvy fella wow!! I roll up a lot of hay every summer and after several years of experience with our equipment and helping neighbors with there’s. I would avoid the Massey unless they have the best dealership in your area a friend had and it was a disappointment! As your dad said in one of your other videos support and resale is important. In my part of the world Masseys probably at the bottom

Looks very similar to the Vermeer 604/605 Pro, which is actually a Welger. Wonder if Lely/Welger are building them for Agco too. Good balers, pretty complicated but work well. We bale and wrap a lot of silage with a 604 to run through a vertical mixer, chopped bales work far better than bales aren't but not as good as a forage that has been processed through a real chopper. Haven't baled stalks but did bale some whole corn one year. Good silage but lost a lot of grain.

I think "802 Farmers" runs stalks through M-F round balers, it may be worth asking them since their stuff gets USED on a dairy in upstate VT (I don't recall there being any issues). THANK YOU to the dealer for the demo!!!

Thanks for the bring along........nice lookng machine.

Great demo and video some really nice bedding

I know when you guys buy something you keep it a long time! So when picking a machine you want quality at an affordable price. It needs to last 30+ years it will pay for itself many times over! Small farms focus on quality not quantity and don't overspend on equipment and focus more toward getting higher yields per acre and per cow. Put quality in get quality out! These folks are not afraid to work either. That is how small guys stay successful.

Round balers have really changed over the years.I bought a round baler in the mid 70's. A JD 500.There was nothing automatic about it.I had to even run the twine on with the hydraulics.It did not like damp hay. Great video!! Thanks 😊.

Many thanks for the demo ride-along guys. Excellent as usual.

Hopefully you like the 4180 we demoed one and bought it on the spot after demoing several others drop floor was the biggest selling point

Those guys did a great job showing off that kit! Hopefully this channel can provide enough to get it!

Great video, thanks for sharing. I grew up with Ferguson here in Dorset England in the 1960's

The last I knew Vermeer was building massie's Baylor's. So basically what you have is a red Vermeer. If you have a good dealer support in the area for the brand I got to tell you I own a class and they are wonderful machine I've had mine 15 years probably build 3-4000 bills with it the bill about 300 a year so maybe 4500 bales and it has stood up wonderfully no issues whatsoever

That looks like the Lely baler, that’s a massively impressive heavy machine. We went with the Deere , mostly for #s and so far to dealer. That’s a good baler though

Great video

Great job raking

Round baling is a good thing for you to get started at as a young farming entrepreneur. Combing, spraying, and planting are good too. Hopefully you'll buy that baler and get your business started!!! John T.

Never heard of a Massey round baler. Knives inside the baler for corn stalks is a big selling point I would think.

That Oliver is running nicely , the bailer , on the hillside could be interesting . Great video 👍🇬🇧

No sound like the Oliver rear end howl😄

never seen much of massy bailers, looks good very similar to the Case bailer, we have our silage chopped with a John Deere bailer and it's really good

It's always fun round baling with the hillsides 😮

Never experienced massey equipment back when we farmed.Looks like a great unit and maybe down the road might be a option for your operation. Thanks for sharing.

Good video beautiful farm.

I'm loving watching your videos.

Wow that sure is a nice baler. I don't know much about Massey balers but I know those cutter knives are great. You can get the bale apart a lot easier and you waste less hay and bedding with them. You'll get use to it the more you use it. Im excited for you. A lot newer than what I've got for sure haha. Test out several and make sure you're getting the best one for your farm.

I hired my baling done but could not get the guy to come when the hay was re a dy. So I bought a used 605f veneer. It made good bales but bearings and rollers were not heavy to carry the load. So I bought john deere 535 it had a narrow pickup . Pickup plugged in corn stocks. So I bought 569 premium john deere absolutely love it. Vemeer use to make Massey baler, for u go with 12 row corn head take chopper off just bale shucks. Eroded field with rake. Too much dirt

A lot of times round baleing in the hills start from the middle and bale out so you have a level place to drop them off. Nice looking baler. Great video’s.

it must be great to finely get into the 21 century

That is a really nice baler… thought it was really cool how you did your corn stalks last year

The OLY does a nice job raking.

Looks like with a little practice you might be able to roll the bales right down into the farm yard.

I was waiting for you to say something about a silage baler. wasn't sure if it was or not

Another great video! There is always something happening at Gierok Farms! Nice closing image with the sunset. Thanks again for sharing your family farm.

So amazing to see u guys get a chans to demo diffrent machines, u should also try to demo a wider windrower🤩

I have always been a Massey person from the looks of the bales and the features that looks like a good choice depending on price I guess

That looks like a great opportunity you guys had! It would be great to see the bales you made and an estimate of the weight per bale.

Nice looking baler. I always wanted to try 1 of them but the local dealer hardly gets them on the lot before they are gone. A guy by us had a baler with a cutter and he traded it because he said the bales rot faster if they are stored outside not covered and he said it doesn’t make as nice of a bedding pack since it’s so fine that cattle can smash it down to much. Wonder what your seeing with that?

Flatland bales are round. Hilly land bales are square. Any questions?

That was cool we had IH round baler was not that fancy 🚜 😄The baler seemed to work good that's plus have good day🤠

I think you’ll like the round bales. I wasn’t a fan at first, but they’re a lot easier to deal with.

I know it's so much easier. need to get a spear for bobcat you will break or bent your forks we did both t to ours when we got our first round baler back in the mid 1970s. Unless I was on level ground I would unhook bale kicker or you will have hay going thru your fences. Take care be safe and well.

Dad's "gettin' atter' it" while Junior plays with new toy....

Look at the Vermeer m series...a 605m or a 604m. Very simple and heavily made. I can’t believe how complicated manufacturers are making them. We bale a lot of dry alfalfa and the new Holland’s work well. How every in cornstalks the Vermeer has the best pickup. New wrap is all the rage but don’t be afraid of using twine, it’s a lot cheaper.

Nice video guys and you guys should consider investing also in a bale chopper so you don't have to use the skidsteer as much when doing bedding for your cows in the milk parlor and the pens inside the buildings

In my younger days when I was farming I round baled with a Massey Ferguson baler. 1500 pound bales the baler was made by Vermeer the top of the line in 1980.

Agco is doing a decent job with the rebrand of the implements away from white and Hesston just surprised that they didn't have a fendt tractor on the baler since Lindstrom is big on fendt tractor now thanks for sharing this since I don't ever see Agco balers

Good video! Nice baler!

Here in Minnesota we like to run a mega wide baler that produces 5by6 bales

Agco bought the hay equipment side of Lely. That baler is basically a Vermeer 604pro. Awesome stuff

Great vids; something else that maybe yins would be interested in looking into would be a wheel rake, cuts trips across the fields in half, and decreases hay loss from bar raking by I'd say as much as 20 percent in second cut. I can run my wheel rake after a bar raked field is baled and make small windows out of it. That being said, keep the bar rake for wet years, the wheel rake will pull up mud on a damp young field

Are farm has Ben using new Holland balers for years. We have had nothing but good luck with them. Been running them for over 20 years! If I had my second choice of Baylor I would go with a John Deere!

Are you guys shelling corn you have left or pick it and grind ear corn off of wagon

I want one! And I don't even have a farm!

As always I thoroughly enjoyed your video. But somewhat disappointed I didn't get to see bale or two rolling down the hill! :)

Its hard to justify a new round baler for a small operation. But you can find good used balers for much less. I bought my Case IH RS451 that looked like new with net wrap, kicker, flotation tires, new bale monitor, and PTO field ready from a dealer for $8,500 at the end of a season.

How many knives did you use? With the knives how many wraps did you go with? Like to see how those bales work this winter There are no MF baler around here, my custom guy has a JD 569. Great video

be nice to see the final product up close, eh?

maybe I missed it but I assume it tells you when its ready to wrap and drop? And then what happens in the end when you're all done but maybe not enough to make a full bale - can you wrap up a mini bale with what's in there??? Just curious!

You must learn to eject the "on the contour" so that it is not uphill or down. Use as little ejection force as possible so the bale has little inertia, just enough to clear the baler tale gate.

Way too much dirt especially for a new machine. The only crop worse than corn stalks is peanut vine. Thanks for time. Pete in South Carolina.

What do you use the baled stalks for on your farm, for bedding or for supplemental feed? Thanks very much. I'm a new viewer and Love your guys content. From Mid-Coast Maine

Really like Massey products 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

how do the bales compare to the Case baler ? what did your custom guy think of the baler? with your hilly conditions I wonder if you could flip the bales on end as they come out to keep them from rolling to the next county LOL

I don't know about deer but you can't go wrong with a massey

Very cool can't go wrong whith massy

cool

Try to look at new holland round balers they are some of the best in my opinion

Seems like a heck of a potential investment if you guys went through with a baler like that for all the bales you would put on it. They sure seem decent tho

4x6 could be a little tipsy on side hill

I can’t imagine spending that kind of money ($45000- $50000) just to bale corn stalks. Maybe they could do some modifications to allow for feeding round hay bales at the Gierok Farm.

you could just roll the bales to the barn!!

Great view of the baler, thanks.....I've been a MF guy a long time and haven't seen this one

Did you end up buying that baler? I bought one like that a few weeks ago. Looking forward to using it.

My vote for a JD round baler cuz then ya can buy Plus2™ A420RAccumulator. Compatible with 7, 8, 9, and 0 Series Balers so ya can drop the bales where ya want to especially when ya bale on hills

it kinda reminds me of the kymco 4 wheeler.

I’ve heard of guys using a disc bine in cornstalks instead of using a rake. I would think a disc bine would suck up a lot of dirt. I’ve never seen it done first hand.

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Will u buy the baler?

Looks like it works good. Are corn stalks more dirty? Have a great day

I have never raked corn stocks with my NH 256. Is it hard on the teeth or wear parts?

Be nice if the baler was green . Lol If you buy one ..would it replace your small square baler. Love watching your videos. Has allways Abbie UK 🇬🇧

Why don’t you guys have a wheel rake? Wouldn’t it be more efficient and easier than a basket rake?

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What state and county is your farm located....