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 ...

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 ...

Looking for a simple metric for how much hay to feed a horse? Equine nutritionist Clare MacLeod explains a how time can be more influential than ...

It is hay-making time again. Last night we put 243 bales of second-cutting hay up in our haymow (hayloft). It was a very hot day with the temperature still over 100 degrees at 9 p.m. My brother-in-law ...

University of Missouri livestock and forage specialists are reporting ergot infestations that can cause major losses in livestock, said MU Extension state specialist in veterinary toxicology and ...

A well-intentioned policy to restrict profits in children's care in Wales has backfired, allowing remaining providers to “make hay” and ...

Grassland bird populations have been steeply declining for decades, and conservationists are in a race against the clock to find ways to prevent their continued losses. Temperate grasslands are some ...

Missouri ranks eighth in the nation in hay production, producing 4.83 million tons per year, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Hay is a major feed for beef production and other ...

WALLOWA COUNTY — With the rains apparently done for a while, Wallowa County farmers in late June were making hay while the sun shone, mowing their first cutting of alfalfa across the county. “It looks ...