Dec. 23—As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round or square hay bales on a homestead. They will happily munch on baled hay and feed regardless of its ...

“As hay season continues, I see a lot of large round hay bales being stored outside,” says University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist Patrick Davis. If hay is not stored properly ...

Do not simply pull a handful of hay from the end of the bale as your sample. That will not give an accurate result.

Get ready to spend a lot less time in your hay fields. Last week Vermeer unveiled the first continuous round baler (CRB). The baler is currently in the development stages and will allow producers to ...

Mowing, raking, and baling. I wish hay-making was that easy. For me, that sequence is too often interrupted by cussing the weatherman, tedding, and more raking. Making hay is a consuming summer-time ...

Livestock owners can save money and time with an awareness of the economics behind harvesting, buying and selling hay. Eric DeVuyst, Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural economist, said ...

Individuals living on farms or in rural areas may find that hay baling offers the chance to make a small profit. There is a demand for hay on farms and other producers of livestock. Uses of hay ...

Photo A: The author’s grandson, Austin, experiments with using the baler to form a bale. When you build your own wooden hay baler, you can hand bale hay without the need for equipment, so you can ...

For many Ohio livestock operations, hay remains one of the largest and most important feed resources on the farm. Yet hay quality can vary widely depending ...

Farms in Kansas grow a variety of hay, from legumes to grasses, and storing and preserving that hay is important. “Different types of hay can have very different levels of protein and energy because ...

A Monroe farmer loads hay bales onto a trailer while working in a field in 2009. Credit: Gabor Degre / BDN As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round ...