Krone
Krone does one thing. They do not build tractors, combines or planters. Everything that comes out of Spelle, Germany is hay and forage, and it shows in the machines.
That matters in Idaho more than most places. Magic Valley alfalfa gets cut four, five, sometimes six times a year, and the dairies here chop corn silage at a scale that punishes equipment. We are an authorized Krone dealer in Fruitland and Jerome because our customers needed forage equipment built by a company that is not treating hay tools as a sideline.
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BiG Pack Large Square Balers
The BiG Pack is the machine that put Krone on the map in this valley. The camless EasyFlow pickup takes crop in without hesitating, the Variable Filling System builds a square bale that stays square, and HDP models put real density into every bale, which is what you want when you are shipping hay instead of feeding it at home.
If you are running export quality hay out of the Magic Valley, bale density and bale shape are not cosmetic. They determine what fits on the truck and what the buyer pays. MultiBale is also available if you need small bales tied inside a big one.
BiG X Forage Harvesters
Self-propelled choppers from roughly 490 hp up through the big 1100 and 1180 class machines. VariStream crop flow handles the slugs and clumps that stop other harvesters, with a spring-loaded floor under the chopping cylinder that lets uneven feed pass instead of plugging.
For dairy silage, chop quality is feed quality, and consistency across a long day is the whole argument. We sell and service BiG X machines for custom operators and for dairies chopping their own.
BiG M Self-Propelled Mower Conditioners
When the weather window is two days and you have a thousand acres to put down, a self-propelled mower conditioner stops being a luxury. The BiG M covers ground fast with a wide working width and lays a consistent windrow behind it.
EasyCut Disc Mowers and Mower Conditioners
EasyCut covers front mounted, rear mounted, trailed and butterfly triple configurations, plus the AM series for smaller outfits. The cutterbar is the part worth knowing about: Krone uses a fully welded SafeCut design, so a rock strike shears a pin on one disc instead of walking damage down the whole bar.
Anybody who has farmed rocky ground in this part of Idaho understands why that is worth paying for.
Swadro Rakes and Vendro Tedders
Raking is where hay quality gets won or lost. Swadro rotary rakes, from single rotor up through the big multi-rotor models, build a clean even windrow without dragging dirt and rock into the crop. Vendro and KW tedders spread the swath for faster, more even dry down after a cutting.
Ash content in hay comes out of the rake more than anywhere else, and buyers test for it.
Comprima, VariPack and Fortima Round Balers
Not everything in this valley goes into a square bale. Krone round balers cover fixed and variable chamber, with net or twine, and the Comprima handles high moisture haylage well, which is the hardest thing you can ask a round baler to do.
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