There’s really no comparison between the common mass-produced garden rake and the specialized haying tools used in Europe. French farmers handcraft their hay rakes from three kinds of hardwood: ...

Mowing, raking, and baling. I wish hay-making was that easy. For me, that sequence is too often interrupted by cussing the weatherman, tedding, and more raking. Making hay is a consuming summer-time ...

Ed Stradling of Richland Township rides a tractor pulling a hay rake across a field he rents on Beck Road in the township. On Thursday, he was preparing the hay for baling. The Morning Call’s 2024 ...

Daniel Asbury uses a tractor to gather fresh alfalfa into rows to get ready for hay baling on his farm in Lower Milford Township. The small roof on his tractor keeps him shaded most of the day.

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