LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — On the floor of the 2026 National Farm Machinery Show, Kubota Tractor Corp. unveiled two new high-capacity small square balers in the SSB Series — the SSB2014 and SSB2012 models — which feature a patented dual-chamber design, setting these apart from traditional single-chamber balers.
The lineup is nearly a decade in the making and offers two bale size options — the SSB2014 produces standard 14-by-18-inch bales, while the SSB2012 creates smaller 12.25-by-18-inch bales. This flexibility is particularly valuable for operations using bundling equipment, as the smaller 12.25-inch bales allow producers to fit three additional bales into each bundle.
Each side of the new balers can provide 100 strokes a minute, which with the dual-chamber design means roughly 200 flakes of hay are being pressed every 60 sections. These machines are designed for commercial producers and custom hay operators who are doing 50,000 or 100,000 bales a year, helping them to cut down on the need to use multiple single-chamber balers…