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 ...

DRACUT — Requests for proposals went out last month for the harvesting of hay from a trio of town-owned properties. But the town allowed hay to be harvested on one of the properties before the land ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

Lawrence said the bales were worth about $75 each. Now, he says he’ll be lucky to get $5 a pop. Growing new hay this late in the season is virtually out of the question, and buying new hay to feed ...

Improperly curing hay made from certain sweet clover varieties such as white and yellow sweet clover can cause severe and often fatal hemorrhages in livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats.

Hay farmers in the state say this summer’s harvest has been slowed or stopped by heavy rains through June and July. The Kennebec Journal reported June rainfall in Augusta was the fourth highest on ...