NEVADA, Mo. — Up to 25 percent of the leaves on alfalfa plants can be lost during hay baling, Ryan Lock, a University of Missouri research specialist, told farmers at an alfalfa meeting held Jan. 23 ...

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 ...

Livestock producers looking for a less expensive winter supplement this year should consider alfalfa for its nutritional ...

We finally got the good weather we were hoping for! This has allowed us to work on finally making some hay. We couldn’t really ask for nicer hay baling weather – sunny and warm with a nice breeze and ...

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 ...

Oklahoma —In the Oct. 31 report, compared to the last report, demand is slow to no movement. It becomes harder to move hay ...

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 ...

The last 10 days have been all about hay at our place. The gorgeous weather we have had has made it easy to make a first cutting of hay, which is something that rarely happens. We usually get at least ...

SISSETON, S.D. - The march of rain storms have made it a challenge to bring in the alfalfa hay crop on the Dale and Travis Rinas farm, north of Sisseton, S.D. Travis, 37, farms with his father, Dale, ...

Andrew Crewdson is flat out baling hay and making silage at Sentry Farming’s Blagdon and Hartley Main Farms, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. But cereal harvest is still a little way off. “We sprayed off ...