Maintenance is the name of the game when it comes to hay baling safety. As growers finish their first cutting of hay crops, now is a good time to do preventative maintenance tasks that can boost farm ...

ST. JOHN – Most years, Jordan Hickel would be waiting for the right conditions to get out his baler – waiting around for the perfect humidity. But it’s 3 p.m. on a hot July day, and the Stafford ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thirteen farms across Wisconsin that implement winter bale grazing were recruited to participate in this project. These farms ...

Question: I’m searching for a 2021 hay supplier and a few of them I’m talking with use preservative (e.g. propionic acid) if needed when baling. What is that and is it safe for horses? Answer: ...

A farm manager has developed a machine, the DewPoint 6110, that frees farmers from relying on Mother Nature to make their hay suitable for baling. Until Dave Staheli and his firm Staheli West, Cedar ...

Cecilia Partsch has many fond memories of growing up on the family farm in Conemaugh Township and dreamed of one day owning ...

An Augusta County farmer is encouraging people throughout Virginia to get involved in Virginia Farm Bureau’s annual hay bale decorating contest. The hay bale competition was designed to spotlight farm ...

The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee‘s Hay Bale Decorating Contest invites people across the state to celebrate agriculture with imaginative hay bale displays. For eight ...

NORTH COVENTRY – A smoky hay bale fire at Laurel Locks Farms closed Route 724 for hours and kept fire crews from four counties working hard on Labor Day. The call came in about 2:15 Monday, Sept. 7, ...