Keep your small beef herd healthy during dry seasons by planning ahead for feed and water shortages. Smaller properties often face extra challenges like limited resources and off-farm commitments, so ...

Answers are from the Agrivision panel: Tom Kestell, dairy farmer, Sheboygan County, Wis.; Sam Miller, retired managing director, group head of agricultural banking, BMO Harris Bank; and Katie Wantoch, ...

LEWISBURG, Ky. (WBKO) - If you were to drive around Logan County this week, you may stumble upon a few fun hay bales. In fact, there are dozens, and one family in particular has been participating in ...

Norden Manufacturing, a pioneer in the small square bale handling system, has announced the celebration of its 20th anniversary. For the past 2 decades, the company has been a beacon of success, ...

NORDEN Mfg., a pioneer in the small square bale handling system, is proud to announce the celebration of its 20th anniversary. For the past two decades, the company has been a beacon of success, ...

Bales of hay today have become larger and heavier than the common small square bales from years ago, and with the change has come increased risk. Sometimes, the consequences can be tragic.

When you own a farm, you are at the mercy of outside factors that you cannot completely control. We can do our best to work with the weather, promote animal health, navigate commodity prices and ...

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 market data for June 2025 has been compiled by Melissa Ohlrich, Crops and Soils Educator for Clark and Marathon Counties, UW-Madison Division of Extension. The report focuses on alfalfa hay and ...

What started as a dry summer and a borrowed baler has transformed into a growing hay business shipping across the country for Valley City, North Dakota farmer Gage Thompson. Thompson Hay, based ...

There are still a few old hay loaders out there from the days of loose hay being stuffed in barns. Larry Shurr, Valparaiso, Ind., has an Easyway Hay Loader made by the Sandwich Co., Sandwich, Ill., in ...