Square baler twine

The other folks are right, it never, ever goes away and can be a huge mess. I put up 10,000 squares a year (and going planning to increase by 2000 a year for each of next 10 years) with all of it sold. I also buy a lot of hay to resell. Most of what I have observed is folks in the east and southeast are die hard sisal users. Most of the folks elsewhere dont even know what it is. As far as customers, if the quality, color, and bale weight is there people will by it no matter what it is tied with, if it isnt they will b**** about something and twine is as good an excuse as anything. Also, some folks will find a reason to run down your hay to try and negotiate a lower price. I gave up that game, prices are what they are.

For round bales I use sisal exclusively. I absolutely am not going to slop around in the mud and cut the twine off a roll of hay. I do store inside or wrap almost all of my rolls though. Most of my rolls are fed on site.

Most folks around here hate plastic, as it won't rot, never goes away..... Just aweful miserable stuff when it's wrapped around your livestock or planter or.....

The baler needs to be set up just a tad better to handle plastic.

Locally it is much harder to sell hay in small squares when it's wrapped with plastic twine.

I use plstic on my big round bales, but would not at all on my small squares.

--->Paul