Net Wrap Guide

Round hay bales in a field — whether you pay sales tax on the net wrap that made them depends on your state and how you use the bales.

Is Net Wrap Sales-Tax Exempt? A State-by-State ...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated June 1, 2026 · ~6 min read Short answer: Whether net wrap is sales-tax exempt depends entirely on your...

Round hay bales in a meadow waiting to be ground — whether to strip the net wrap before grinding is one of cattle country's most-argued questions.

Grinding Hay Bales With Net Wrap On: Should You...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated June 1, 2026 · ~7 min read Short answer: You can grind hay bales with the net wrap on,...

A Case IH tractor pulling a Hesston 5670 round baler that is discharging a finished round bale of dry hay in a sloping field

Massey Ferguson & Hesston Net Wrap Problems: 6 ...

Six common Massey Ferguson and Hesston round-baler net-wrap failures — the "check mesh" fault, glazed traction tire, won't-cut, off-center net, roller buildup and under-spec wrap — each with a field-tested...

Vermeer R665 Rancher round baler on display, showing the chassis and net-wrap chamber where the net guides feed wrap onto the bale

Vermeer Round Baler Net Wrap Problems: 7 Common...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated June 3, 2026 · ~8 min read Quick answer: The single most common Vermeer net-wrap problem is bent or...

Lely 915 CD Vario Hibiscus rotary hay rake with twin rotors and ten-finger arms parked in a Danish hayfield — the high-precision end of the rake-selection decision

V-Rake vs Rotary vs Wheel Rake: What Farmers Ac...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated May 31, 2026 · ~9 min read Short answer: Wheel and V-rakes are cheap, fast, and fine for grass...

John Deere 568 round baler with MegaWide Plus pickup and Cover-Edge surface wrap attachment — the platform whose E02 13 net wrap timeout codes this article decodes

JD Round Baler Net Wrap Error Codes (E02 13 Dec...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated May 31, 2026 · ~9 min read Short answer: E02 13 on a John Deere 5/6/7-series round baler means...