The present invention inter alia discloses an environmentally friendly, and optionally either edible or allowed to be in contact with food, baling materials, methods of its production and use, and a baler utilizing environmentally friendly binding materials for baling. The invention defines the baling materials in both chemical and physical manners. The present invention further discloses means and method for protecting the environment.

Combination of plastic sheeting for covering an object, such as silage, with at least two layers of sheeting, comprising a first folded sheet and a second folded sheet, wherein the second sheet is folded into said first sheet and wherein said second sheet is at least partially enclosed by said first sheet and wherein the sheets have first and second lateral edges, wherein seen in a cross section, at least the first lateral edges of the two sheets extend in close proximity to each other in the folded combination of sheets.

The present invention provides a cover for an agricultural product, said cover including a polymeric barrier material, wherein the cover is permeable or impermeable to gases, permeable to water vapour and water-resistant.

The invention relates to the technical field of plastic packaging film, in particular to a plastic packaging film for agricultural harvesting machinery, which comprises a plurality of packaging film pieces connected end to end and rolled into a roll, and is characterized in that a non-adhesive zone, a low-viscosity adhesive zone and a high-viscosity adhesive zone are successively arranged on the packaging film piece, the high-viscosity adhesive zone is arranged at the tail of the packaging film piece, and a traction detachment film is arranged at one end of the non-adhesive zone away from the low-viscosity adhesive zone; the high-viscosity adhesive zone of the previous packaging film piece is connected with the non-adhesive zone of the next packaging film piece through the traction detachment film. The invention aims to ensure the easy use of the packaging film.

A bale wrap assembly for an agricultural baler includes a segmented shaft having multiple segments configured to couple to one another along a rotational axis of the segmented shaft. The bale wrap assembly also includes a bale wrap configured to be disposed about the segmented shaft. Furthermore, the bale wrap assembly includes at least one engagement feature positioned at an end of the bale wrap and configured to engage the segmented shaft. The at least one engagement feature is configured to couple the segments to one another while engaged with the segmented shaft, and the at least one engagement feature is configured to disengage the segmented shaft as the end of the bale wrap moves away from the segmented shaft to enable the segments to uncouple from one another.

The present invention relates to a prestretched polyethylene film having a longitudinal stretch ratio of from about 1:2 to about 1:4 and having a longitudinal elongation capability of at least 170%, said elongation capability comprising an elastic component. The invention also relates to a method for producing said film and to a method of wrapping compressed bulk material such as a round bale using said film, the method comprising further stretching the prestretched film and applying the film around the compressed bulk material in direct contact therewith. The film according to the invention may be used as a net replacement film and allows increasing the efficiency and the economics in the baling process by allowing faster baling, use of a lesser amount of wrapping film and/or improved protection of the product.

A net for baling presses with basic weaves consisting of meshes formed from threads and connected to a weft. The basic weaves are formed as fringes and the net has less than 49 fringes. The net has a tensile strength of more than 2300 N, preferably more than 2550 N, in particular more than 2800 N.

A bale wrap for an agricultural bale includes a wrapping layer having a center section, a first shoulder section, and a second shoulder section. The first shoulder section extends laterally outwardly from a first lateral side of the center section, the second shoulder section extends laterally outwardly from a second lateral side of the center section, the center section is configured to cover a circumferential side of the agricultural bale, the first shoulder section is configured to cover at least 5 percent of a first axial side of the agricultural bale, the second shoulder section is configured to cover at least 5 percent of a second axial side of the agricultural bale, and a center stretchability of the center section with respect to a longitudinal extent of the wrapping layer is greater than a shoulder stretchability of the first and second shoulder sections with respect to the longitudinal extent of the wrapping layer.

An identification printing system for a wrapped agricultural bale includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to control a bale rotation system to drive the wrapped agricultural bale to rotate within a bale carrier of a baler, control a print head to print identification information onto an outer circumferential surface of a bale wrap of the wrapped agricultural bale in multiple locations as the wrapped agricultural bale is rotating, control the bale rotation system to terminate rotation of the wrapped agricultural bale, and control an ejection system to eject the wrapped agricultural bale from the baler a target duration after terminating rotation of the wrapped agricultural bale.

A wrapping material is provided comprising a plurality of wrapping units, each said wrapping unit having a leading edge at one of thereof and a tail edge at an opposing edge thereof, where each one of said plurality of wrapping units is serially connected to at least one other of said plurality of wrapping units at the corresponding leading edge, tail edge, or both. In a further embodiment, discrete adhesive areas are disposed on the first surface of said plurality of wrapping units. In a still further embodiment, the discrete adhesive areas are covered by a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is attached to the first surface of the next said serially connected wrapping unit.