by Todd Graus | Nov 1, 2018 | Cattle Feeding
The unfortunate truth is that 35 million acres of grass clippings are still being mowed and collected and 30 million acres are thrown into the landfills every week. This is equilivant to 200 Million Round Bales of Hay! The BioPac'r presents a way to "package and...
by Todd Graus | Nov 2, 2015 | Lawn Clipping-Grass Handling, Uncategorized
After I began to use the BioPac'r I started to see my bottom line get bigger. Beside noting that my lawn crew was more productive in a day due to an additional hour or more to bill out, the profits that could be gained by selling the lawn clippings as silage became a...
by Todd Graus | Mar 1, 2015 | Cattle Feeding, Lawn Silage, Sustainability
Value can have two different definitions; material value or human value. Let's look at the value upon humanity first, then monetarily in the calculations to determine the actual market value of lawn silage. Before I tell you how to how determine the market price...
by Todd Graus | Feb 1, 2015 | Grass Cycling & Mulching, Landscaper Machinery, Lawn Clipping-Grass Handling
Since the early 1980's I have owned and operated a lawn and tree care business. I'm not only a manufacturer, I'm one of you! I started out mulching the clippings back into the lawns, what a mistake! That first year I was offered a free John Deere hydrostatic...
by Todd Graus | Dec 1, 2014 | Cattle Feeding, Lawn Silage
Fresh cut lawn clippings have a shelf life of 8-18 hours before they heat up and begin to mold. Another name for this process is composting. Ensiling is not the same as composting, they re polar opposites. On the subject of composting the USDA has made the official...