Two New Holland products for hay growers were formally announced: the Roll-Belt 1 Series Round Baler and the Speedrower 1 ...

A dad saved the life of a farmer who was nearly crushed to death by half a ton of hay in a serious outdoor mishap — by using an app to guide an emergency medical team to the rural location. Michael ...

This giant machine wraps large bales of hay for farm animals. In the video, the machine lifts, spins, and wraps each bale in layers of plastic film. This is done to preserve the hay, creating an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 25—Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only will wet hay grow mold that can be unhealthy for farm animals, but the ...

The week of May 15-19 was a busy one in rural Elkhart County. Between planting crops and harvesting forages, there was an urgency in the air because of the rain, past and expected. I saw quite a bit ...

Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay. There is a great misconception that once hay is “dry” and baled it is plain and devoid of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Storing big round hay bales by lining them up along the fence row may be easy, but it is not economical. Baled forage probably constitutes the highest percentage of winter feed cost we have wrapped up ...

A bale of hay falls off the back of Jeff Kelman's 1959 John Deere 14T baler as he pulls it along his hay fields in Glenburn in 2011. Credit: BDN file photo Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only ...