BaleTime

14/07/2025

At BaleTime, we’re an Australian family business helping farmers and hay contractors boost productivity with smart moisture and water monitoring since 2015.

Our wireless BaleTime monitors work 24/7, sending real-time alerts to your phone so you can focus on what matters most without constantly checking hay moisture or water levels.

Backed by agricultural know-how and tech innovation, we deliver solutions that simplify your workflow and maximise your yield.

Experience smarter farming with BaleTime where expertise meets innovation.

Visit our website to find out more: https://bit.ly/4kM7lji

08/07/2025

24/06/2025

I’ll be giving a talk on BaleTime this Saturday, June 28th, at the AFIA Hay Meet-Up. If you’re attending, feel free to ask any questions while I’m there — always happy to have a chat!

10 days to go! Live near Rochester in Victoria?

If you are in the business of fodder, or are interested in knowing more, join us - growers, farmers, contractors, machinery dealers, agronomists and exporters at our Hay Meetup in Rochester.

Date: Saturday 28 June
Time: 2.30pm-6.00pm
Location: Rochester Racecourse
Book: https://afia.org.au/events/

Drinks and nibbles will be included throughout the event.
There will also be door prizes, giveaways and some kids entertainment.

Thanks to support from:
Mckees Garage & Engineering
O'Connors
Goulburn Valley AG
Growers Services
Rural Group - https://www.ruralgroup.com.au

Visit Rochester Victoria WestVic Dairy Victorian Farmers Federation Victorian Young Farmers

24/06/2025

Want to understand the real issues in rural areas? Join the Farmers Club. FarmTender helped BaleTime get started, and if you sign up, you might even see BaleTime get a mention!

The Farmers Club Stories
1) Peter's back - What's driving him
2) The market is the market
3) Hay scams
https://join.thefarmersclub.com.au/p/no-542-saturday-s-club-notes-free-b0bd100eef8270dd

20/06/2025

In this episode of Hay Matters, brought to you by LocalAg and Feed Central, host Jon Paul Driver concludes his three-part series with South Australian farmer Matt Eckert. This final instalment shifts focus to the financial, mechanical, and personal pressures that often sit behind the paddock – and how Matt and his team are navigating them.

From soaring machinery costs and safety scares to family life, team trust, and planning for the future, this conversation reveals the daily challenges that aren’t always discussed, but shape everything on the farm.

Listen now: https://www.feedcentral.com.au/hay-matters-s2-ep12/

18/06/2025

Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.

13/06/2025

In this episode of Hay Matters, brought to you by LocalAg and Feed Central, host Jon Paul Driver speaks with South Australian grower Matt Eckert in the first of a three-part series. Matt shares a candid look at the decisions, trade-offs, and resilience required to keep a mixed farming operation running during a prolonged dry spell.

With the region facing one of its hardest seasons in recent years, Matt opens up about the real impact of drought — from feed shortages and pasture losses to the mental load of managing stock and cropping programs when nothing goes to plan.

13/06/2025

Bringing fodder into Victoria? We can help.

Victorian farmers, transporters or importers sourcing fodder from interstate need a Plant Biosecurity Permit (PBP) to manage risks like Annual Ryegrass Toxicity, Green Snails and Red Imported Fire Ant.

Agriculture Victoria is offering a FREE service to fast-track permit applications and help navigate biosecurity requirements so you can get feed delivered to your livestock safely and quickly.

Apply or learn more by visiting https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/biosecurity/moving-plants-and-plant-products/plant-biosecurity-permit or email us directly at [email protected]

To view the full range of financial, technical and wellbeing support available to drought impacted farmers visit agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons or phone 136 186.

07/06/2025