Kubota hay equipment catches producers’ eyes

Janelle Atyeo
Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016

Kubota baler — A round baler is part of Kubota’s haying equipment line, something new for Kubota since it took ownership of a Norweigan company and its hay machines.
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There’s something that stands out about Kubota’s new hay equipment, and it’s more than just the bright orange balers running through the middle of a field, said TJ Hurkes of Hurkes Implement in Watertown, S.D.

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