Hay harvest has presented a potential work hazard since its inception. During the period when hay primarily was harvested as square bales, it wasn’t uncommon for a man to lose an arm or hand resulting ...

“As hay season continues, I see a lot of large round hay bales being stored outside,” says University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist Patrick Davis. If hay is not stored properly ...

Watch the step-by-step process of preparing and transporting a hay bale to feed the cows, highlighting the equipment and care involved in keeping the herd well supplied. Three migrants fall from ...

Livestock owners can save money and time with an awareness of the economics behind harvesting, buying and selling hay. Eric DeVuyst, Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural economist, said ...

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 ...