For centuries, farmers cut and moved hay by hand. Then horses made the work quicker and a bit easier. In the early 1900s, machines like the automatic baler changed everything. At Big Spring Farm Days, ...

Early pioneers used scythes and sickles to cut the hay and then piled it up with wooden forks. In the 1940s came the twine, automatic tie baler which was pulled behind a tractor and produced a 60- to ...

“Hay harvest is approaching, and producing high-quality hay reduces cattle supplementation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Davis discusses harvest ...

Ryan Tammaro, 13, uses a tedder to help dry out hay on his family’s farm where they raise beef cattle. Down Home Farm has struggled to harvest enough hay from rain-soaked, muddy, weedy fields this ...

A smart equipment purchase decision is to buy machinery that will deliver the best field efficiency in harvesting the required amount of hay for the most economical price. It also is wise to compare ...

As we approach the hay harvesting season, producers should be reminded that hay is the most common source of stored feed used in beef cattle operations. Hay that is properly harvested and stored will ...

Farmers in Muskingum and surrounding counties are now into the haymaking season. You can see the modern equipment in the fields cutting, raking, baling and hauling the various sizes and shapes of ...