Balers & Bale Handling Keep a weather-beating card up your sleeve

dictating when you can bale. Precision moisture sensors are essential to professional baling and key to producing an excellent end product.

PFC has been selling the twin star wheel system since 2002, with some major manufacturers taking this as a factory option or a eld-installed kit. The system works for all baler types and sizes, and requires zero calibration.

The precision is market-leading around the world, with a +/-1% accuracy. There is no other balermounted product on the market to match it in terms of accuracy and zero calibration requirement.

instrument says it is safe, who takes the nancial hit of bad bales or, worst case, a barn re?

Following the very easy hay season of 2022, it is easy to get complacent and hope for more of the same for 2023. But, as we all know, no two years are the same – every season, the weather is the primary topic driving discussions. In fact, last week a friend described farmers as the biggest professional gamblers in the world, as we gamble with prices and the weather every day.

Precision moisture sensors

Once the hay and straw season is over, once again moisture is the key driver

I also want to mention brie y competitive products such as rub pads and hand probes – which are cheaper, but they have signi cantly less accuracy. Bear in mind that if you are baling with moisture, but the