Is there much demand for new small square balers anymore? It would be interesting to know what the total annual sales of small square balers is today compared to fifty years ago.
Sewing machines successfully switched from mechanical cams to multi axis servo motors in the 1980's to meet the demand for 20 to 100 plus different types of stitches and for lower machine costs. Machine tools switched to CNC (Computer Numerical Control) at about the same time. If you only need one type of knot on your new baler, a cam operated knotter would still do the job.
I wouldn't loose much sleep about the electronics and sensors on new equipment. Think how long it used to take to develop and fine tune the old mechanical mechanisms that could only do one thing well at only one setting. A bigger problem might be the low sales volumes of most farm equipment does not justify the cost of maintaining a parts supply for those machines after they become obsolete, too outdated, too expensive to maintain and repair, or too small for most farm operations.
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