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  • Vermeer trailed mowers shown in a promotional image.

    Which hay mower is right for you?

  • A Vermeer mower conditioner being pulled by a tractor in a field.

    Which mower conditioner is right for your operation?

  • A wrapped silage bale with a Vermeer baler off the distance.

    Silage vs. hay: What is silage? Does silage improve feed quality and farm efficiency?

  • A Vermeer vertical mixer is pulled behind a tractor on an Iowa farm.

    Vermeer VSR vertical mixers: Customers share insights of innovative feeding solution

  • Comprehensive guide to Vermeer hay equipment: Cutting, baling and feeding solutions

  • A tractor pulls a Vermeer mower conditioner in a field.

    How to buy Vermeer mower conditioner? Where to order, key product details 

  • A tractor pulls the new Vermeer Pro G4 silage baler in a field.

    Silage baler vs. regular baler: That and other FAQs on Vermeer Pro G4 baler

  • Vermeer Executive Vice-President and CMO Mark Core at Boyert-Core Show Cattle farm in rural Pleasantville, Iowa.

    Inside Mark Core’s lifelong fascination of cattle — and Vermeer hay equipment

  • Do Appealing Bales Mean Quality Hay?

  • Marketing Hay Today

  • Used Hay Equipment: What You Need to Know

  • Implementing High-Density Grazing

  • Phenotype vs. Genomic Selection

  • How netwrap can make a difference on your operation

  • The Basics of Terminal Livestock Nutrition

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Finding the Right Equipment

  • When to Consider if Grazing Cornstalks is the Right Option

  • 4 Tips for Keeping Your Herd Productive Over Winter

  • When to transition your career to full-time farming

  • Develop a Crop Rotation Plan for your Operation

  • Importance of Testing Hay Quality

  • Farm Succession Planning: The Elephant in the Room

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Putting Up Hay and Feeding Cattle During Drought

  • What to do when your hay gets rained on

  • Unique hay management strategies during a drought

  • Questions to Ask Before Reseeding Forages

  • Lean Farm Management Helps Improve Vertical Mixer Efficiency

  • Calf, Cow, Heifer and Bull Nutrition: Feeding Your Herd

  • How to Start a Hay Business: Things I Wish I Knew When I Started

  • Netwrap vs. twine: how to choose for your operation

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Offsetting labor and machinery costs

  • Managing a hay shortage and the effects of drought on agriculture

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Field and Crop Best Practices

  • The Lowdown on When and How to Mow a Hay Field

  • Tips For Efficient Alfalfa Hayfield Irrigation

  • Hands holding fresh silage in the field before it is baled

    The Story on Making Silage Bales

  • Vermeer CPX9000 Bale Processor with cows

    Feed and Bed Your Cows Without All the Waste

  • 5 Tips for Hiring Farm Workers

  • You can’t access DDGS. Now what?

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Supply Chain Outlook

  • A Vermeer mower conditioner mows in a pasture.

    How to maximize your forage quality with pasture management

  • Building a Custom Hay Operation? Here Are 4 Tips To Help You Succeed

  • Basics of Crop Insurance: The Process in Four Easy Steps

  • Tips for Calving in Cold Weather

  • Prepping for Cornstalk Season

  • Optimize cattle feed intake and efficiency with genetics

  • Raking alfalfa and making hay: tips for alfalfa leaf retention.

  • USDA-AMS Market Reports provide hay price transparency

  • Are your cows paying for themselves? 7 factors to think about on your cow-calf operation

  • Hay Kings Podcast: The evolution of haying – 50 years of round baling

  • Bale hay or hire it done? Think about these hay cost variables.

  • Bust these 5 Myths about making baleage or baled silage

  • Don’t get caught by drought: tips to adapt or extend your forage crop

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Rakes

  • Vermeer VT660 Mixer

    Hay Kings Podcast: Mixing It Up

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Dealerships

  • Trailed mower, tedder offer producer high-quality haymaking alternative to mower conditioner

  • Plastic wrap for dry hay sustains quality

  • Hay Kings Podcast: Tedders

  • Get the Most From Your Hay With the Right Storage Strategy

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