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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is nothing that brings back memories of the farm life days of my youth more than the smell of freshly baled hay in late summer. When the season is nearly over, when hot August days bring the ...

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 ...

OXFORD - The saying goes that you make hay when the sun shines. So, come this Saturday and Sunday, whether it's 80 degrees or 100, Bill Stockman of rural Oxford who owns 19 vintage hay balers invites ...

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 ...