The setup lets him cover about 100 acres a day, "if you really stay after it and the conditions fencemendingtools are right."Hay wraps save timeHay wrapping equipment is mentioned by several fencemendingtools producers as a top management change."A 12-foot discbine has reduced our cutting time in the hay field'' says Keith McConnell, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. "The best thing, though, is the new 648 baler we bought last year with the net wrap. I can''t believe how fast it is. It is like baling with two balers."Net wrap costs more up front," says McConnell, "but it saves time, fuel, and wear and tear on our equipment."

Cow comfortCow comfort was the goal when Terry Timmons (pictured below) fencemendingtools built a new free stall barn on his dairy farm near Loudonville, Ohio. Timmons and his father milk 200 head of registered Holsteins. Larger stalls with more "lunge space" in the front help their cows get up and down easier now, says Timmons. Their old barn, built in the 1970s, had small stalls that fencemendingtools were fencemendingtools closed in the front. The new stalls were made locally by Stein-Way Equipment in Apple Creek, Ohio. The bedding is sand.The barn was built in August 2001 for $500 a stall, including electricity and water. Timmons says the investment has already paid off in better cow health.