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 ...

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 ...

Landowners can now apply for permits to harvest hay from the rights-of-way of state highways. Interstates and freeways are excluded from the program, now in its second year. Landowners whose land ...

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 ...