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<blockquote data-quote="ironpeddler" data-source="post: 328151" data-attributes="member: 1530"><p>The Large Round baler originated here in the USA. Our climate is different and more diverse than Europe and they developed into 85% Haylage market and USA technology developed to 80% dry hay market. So you see more wrapper technology and haylage technology coming from Europe to the States. Hence you have companies like McHale, Vicon, Claas, Krone and some other baler companies selling duel purpose balers now in the states. </p><p></p><p>Disc mower and tedder technology started in Europe. USA Patent law's focus and it's enforcement changed in the 1970's and that had more to do with the protection of that technology and why we don't have that type manufacturing here in the USA. In the 70's & 80's you could stack patents on the parent patent and the law would effectively extend patents from a life of 17 years to 25+ years. The migration of those technologies just didn't happen because it was cheaper for the US companies to purchase the technology than to develop and defend against patent challenges.When you look at the patents and see what companies were the trail blazers in hay tool technology you see PZ, Vicon, Lely & Kuhn. We see considerable Italian made equipment in the USA market today but their roots of development are in the northern European companies that developed the haytools technology first. The Italians in the 1990's were just more efficient at manufacturing than the northern European companies. Northern Europe moved their manufacturing around to Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and other economies where their goods could be made at a lower cost. Just check out the New JD Frontier disc mowers are made by Kuhn in the Czech Republic not France. Those current Frontier disc mowers are basically the lighter 80's & early 90's disc mowers Kuhn sold via Kuhn, NH and JD.</p><p></p><p>In the USA row crop farming is on a larger scale than Europe. We have more cattle than Europe and our commercial haying operations are much larger than in Europe. But 50% of the cattle in the USA are owned by operators that farm 150 acres or less so that opens up using the same size hay tools that are used in Europe. That's means no re-designing to the USA size because that size is being sold in Europe now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ironpeddler, post: 328151, member: 1530"] The Large Round baler originated here in the USA. Our climate is different and more diverse than Europe and they developed into 85% Haylage market and USA technology developed to 80% dry hay market. So you see more wrapper technology and haylage technology coming from Europe to the States. Hence you have companies like McHale, Vicon, Claas, Krone and some other baler companies selling duel purpose balers now in the states. Disc mower and tedder technology started in Europe. USA Patent law's focus and it's enforcement changed in the 1970's and that had more to do with the protection of that technology and why we don't have that type manufacturing here in the USA. In the 70's & 80's you could stack patents on the parent patent and the law would effectively extend patents from a life of 17 years to 25+ years. The migration of those technologies just didn't happen because it was cheaper for the US companies to purchase the technology than to develop and defend against patent challenges.When you look at the patents and see what companies were the trail blazers in hay tool technology you see PZ, Vicon, Lely & Kuhn. We see considerable Italian made equipment in the USA market today but their roots of development are in the northern European companies that developed the haytools technology first. The Italians in the 1990's were just more efficient at manufacturing than the northern European companies. Northern Europe moved their manufacturing around to Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and other economies where their goods could be made at a lower cost. Just check out the New JD Frontier disc mowers are made by Kuhn in the Czech Republic not France. Those current Frontier disc mowers are basically the lighter 80's & early 90's disc mowers Kuhn sold via Kuhn, NH and JD. In the USA row crop farming is on a larger scale than Europe. We have more cattle than Europe and our commercial haying operations are much larger than in Europe. But 50% of the cattle in the USA are owned by operators that farm 150 acres or less so that opens up using the same size hay tools that are used in Europe. That's means no re-designing to the USA size because that size is being sold in Europe now. [/QUOTE]
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