A lot goes into making high-quality hay. Perhaps the primary way to produce the kind of hay that will give top milk and meat production is to cut the hay at the optimum stage of maturity. Whether it’s ...

As the saying goes, ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’ Hay making is the process of turning green, perishable forage into a product that can be safely stored and easily transported without danger of ...

As producers prepare for winter weather and take stock in their hay supplies, it is important to consider hay feeding management. We know that hay feeding reduces financial efficiency. In fact, OSU ...

When large round hay bales came along, those of us who had cut our agricultural teeth on stacking small square bales thought we’d never need to put hay bales in a stifling hot barn again.