Podcast

Hay Kings: Grass Seed Wiplash (S3: E5)

Hay Kings: Grass Seed Wiplash (S3: E5)

Philip Wurdinger joins us from the Willamette Valley in Oregon where most of the grass seed is grown in the U.S. The seed and grass seed straw industries are unique. Philip talks about the specialized equipment required to harvest the seed hay producers use across the country. 

 

Sponsored by Vermeer


Hay Kings: Baling in the Rain (S3:E4)

Hay Kings: Baling in the Rain (S3:E4)

Ernie Cooper joins the Hay Kings podcast to talk equipment. Ernie is a sales representative for several lines of equipment servicing Georgia and Florida. Conditions are different in the south with tropical grasses and lots of haylage. Ernie has even been known to bale in the rain, it's a good story.

Sponsored by Vermeer

Hay Kings: Shifting (S3:E3)

Hay Kings: Shifting (S3:E3)

Why do mistakes always happen in the field next to the road? Scott Swanson joins the Hay Kings podcast to talk about his experiences growing up, his twine and netwrap business and his new marketing strategy.

 

Sponsored By Vermeer


Hay Kings: Hay Grazers (S3:E2)

Hay Kings: Hay Grazers (S3:E2)

Jeff Essary joins the Hay Kings podcast to talk about his transition from irrigated alfalfa to dryland hay grazer (sorghum sudan) production when the wells ran dry. Starting his haying season in October, Jeff might be one of the last people in the U.S. to begin his hay season. 

 

Sponsored  by Vermeer


Hay Kings: The Evolution of Haying - 50 Years of Round Baling (S3:E1)

Hay Kings: The Evolution of Haying - 50 Years of Round Baling (S3:E1)

50 years ago, Gary Vermeer decided there had to be a better way to put up hay and the large round baler was born.

Listen in as we sit down with Mary Andringa, Gary's daughter to talk about the invention that shaped the industry that feeds and fuels the world on the latest Hay Kings Podcast.