[Farm-ily]: September 2017

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Friday

Thursday

12 years ago we built a packing machine out of an old 8’x3’x3’ baler for little square bales. We were looking for a more efficient way to handle lots of little bales. Basically, our Bale Bundler as we called it picked up 14 little bales and packed them into one big bale. The small bales were still individually tied so we got the marketing advantage of small bales with the handling convenience of a big bale. It saved us a lot of time & effort as there was no hand stacking required loading & unloading a truck.

Then the drought hit and we stopped making little bales of hay. After the drought we never really got back into the little bales, choosing to focus on big bales instead. We sold our little baler years ago and the Bale Bundler has sat in the shed collecting dust.

Today it is getting a new lease on life and heading off to a new owner who bales lots of little square bales.

Wednesday

September 27, 2017

Backward idea that works.

Tuesday

September 26, 2017

Up close and personal.

Monday

September 25, 2017

Spreading poultry manure.

Sunday

September 24, 2017

A choppy day on the dam for this Eurasian Coot.

Saturday

September 23, 2017

Find beauty in the small things.

Friday

September 22, 2017

Bale on. Wrap. Bale off. Repeat.

Thursday

September 21, 2017

Down the road.

Wednesday

September 20, 2017

Baling some silage.

Tuesday

September 19, 2017

Today is a special day.

10 years ago today we entered a Hay Cap into the Henty Machinery Field Days Farm Inventor of the Year competition. Being hay farmers we saw a need for a safer and more durable system for covering hay. We were overwhelmed by the response.

10 years on we have Hay Caps throughout Australia, NZ, US, Canada, UK & Europe. We are proud of the difference our product has made to the hay industry & the safety of farmers. And we are very grateful to our customers, those that have encouraged us along the way and of course our team. We are a family business, manufacturing an Aussie invention, employing local people and distributing our Hay Caps to so many farmers around the world.

And that's kinda cool I think.

Monday

September 18, 2017

This weekend across NSW the Rural Fire Service held open days.

NSW RFS is the world's largest volunteer fire service, with over 73,000 volunteer members. The open days were raising awareness about the dangers of fires in the lead up to summer and also gave locals the chance to meet the volunteers who protect their community, and of course… sit in a fire truck.

We are proud that our son is a 4^th generation volunteer with the NSW Rural Fire Service and we are so very thankful for all the volunteers around Australia that give up their time to fight fires and help keep us all safe.