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 ...

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 ...

Plants that are cut and baled for hay tend to lose some of their vitamins and protein if they become too mature or dry. The challenge in making hay is to cut it at proper stage of maturity (while ...

Pardon the pun, but the hay baler and modern swather are intertwined with the High Plains Journal. Today, hay equipment can be handled much easier because of greater mechanical and technology ...

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 ...

Learn about the history of the round baler and the many men and companies that claimed to be the first to create a functional ...

One of the biggest and most time-consuming jobs every summer was baling hay. Good hay meant good milk production and a better price for milk. Plenty of hay meant we didn’t have to worry about running ...

Keen to increase the pedestrian pace of small-bale hay production, Virginia farmer Rusty Inskeep designed and built a baling system that almost tripled the farm’s output. The slick setup allows the ...

Most hay fires occur within the first six weeks after baling. Understanding the causes of fires in stored hay and learning how to reduce fire hazards will protect your feed supply and could prevent ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - Swathers and balers have become a common site around the Fort Riley area the past few months. Those behind these machines are farmers who have leased various areas of land around ...