CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

Unlike many bale accumulator concepts, the Bale Caddie’s design allows for uninhibited performance of today’s small square balers. The patented design incorporates technologies that allow for ...

Experts discuss the merits of switching from small square bales to either wrapped round bales or bagged haylage and silage for a small dairy farm.

“It hadn’t been used for a couple of years, so the twine-tie square baler was sold on an internet auction.” Small square bales of hay are a lot of work, but nearly essential for most livestock ...

He also invested in a used self-propelled bale wagon that picks up small bales and conveys them to a single employee to stack on a wagon. When completely stacked, the conveyor reverses for unloading ...

Nowadays a lot of farmers use round bales of hay. They’re huge. Some of them can weigh over a thousand pounds. One of the perks is they take less time to dry between cutting the hay and baling it.

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 ...

New and improved hay feeder and bunk designs are going a long way toward maximizing on-hand stocks of hay so they can last through the winter. This includes the recent availability of square hay bale ...

Fires that damage or destroy hay and barns cost farmers thousands of dollars each year, resulting in lost revenue and need for building and feed replacement. Proper harvesting and storage practices ...

Having forged a partnership with Kuhn for a range of big square balers launched in Britain in 2013, John Deere has now quietly withdrawn from this market sector to concentrate on higher-volume round ...