Early pioneers used scythes and sickles to cut the hay and then piled it up with wooden forks. In the 1940s came the twine, automatic tie baler which was pulled behind a tractor and produced a 60- to ...

“Hay harvest is approaching, and producing high-quality hay reduces cattle supplementation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Davis discusses harvest ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

The difference between good hay and poor hay (with less nutrient content or moldy and dusty) is primarily timing of harvest. Glenn Shewmaker, state forage specialist, University of Idaho, says the ...

FARGO - Anyone planning to harvest Conservation Reserve Program fields for hay this year should do so as soon as possible, according to Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University Extension Service ...