Square Balers For Sale in New Zealand

The square balers you see on farms and ranches throughout the world have been around in various shapes and forms for about 100 years. Early versions of square balers saved substantial human labor but still required someone to bring hay, straw, or other forage to the machine for baling, and then hand-tie the final bale. The format for the fully-automated square balers used today first appeared in the 1940s.

Square bales are typically easier to transport and stack than round bales and, because smaller square bales can often be carried by one person, they don’t require special equipment for feeding. Several manufacturers offer mini square balers for bales that are even easier to handle, while other manufacturers offer balers that produce larger-sized square bales that can save on labor and fuel costs.

Case IH, CLAAS, Hesston, John Deere, Krone, Massey Ferguson, and New Holland are among the most popular manufacturers offering new and used square balers for sale. AGCO and Hesston by Massey Ferguson have developed a baler classification system meant to help buyers of square balers more easily identify the capabilities of balers in each class and their most appropriate uses. Recent innovations from Case IH have helped make square balers work better in all kinds of crops and crop conditions, even with large or uneven windrows.

Square balers often require other hay and forage equipment such as a bale rack, bale wagon, bale elevator, or even a bale thrower to complete the process of transporting, moving, and storing the finished square bales.