Ground speed and bale tension (baler adjustable) for a couple more. The faster you go the less the bale gets packed and hence the less in the bale so for a given field the more bales produced and the more money they make. Other thing is cheating on the diameter....getting 5.5 bales (adjustable) on a 6.0...actually a 6.2 machine.
Getting 4x rather than 5x bales now and the baler figures that the windrows are fat enough and the baler is narrow enough that he can just drive straight and get away with it. So, seeing bales that are not squared off is commplace around here now.
I sold my haying equipment a few years ago as I quit leasing and didn't have the volume to support the equipment. Wish now I'd have kept it.
On hay length, I have baled grass that I shredded and got a good tight bale....had a lot of slobbering while baling but got the roll.
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