Looks like AGCO is pushing to make the industry start classifying square balers (large and small), much like is done with combines. However, instead of using horsepower to rank a baler, it'd be done by comparing the max rated plunger load (the force used to compress the bale).
Most other manufacturers have been using a percent based load value in their software, but AGCO has been using arbitrary numbers. Turns out they've actually been using a unit all along, kiloNewtons, just never published that was the case. For example, I know you can set their XD to 465 which would equate to just north of 52 tons of force.
It'll be real interesting to see if the other manufacturers follow suite (maybe not make those units as settings on their software, but at least publish the max rated value) as it'd finally give something a little more concrete to compare against rather than vague bale weights or comparing density gains over other balers in their lineups. Even then, I'm sure it's much like combines where even if you compare the horse power, you still don't have a complete view of what the machine can do.
AGCO pushes for square baler classifications
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