Dec. 23—As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round or square hay bales on a homestead. They will happily munch on baled hay and feed regardless of its ...

“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 ...

When large round hay bales came along, those of us who had cut our agricultural teeth on stacking small square bales thought we’d never need to put hay bales in a stifling hot barn again.

Haymaking is a game of threes, says University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts. To be profitable ...

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 ...

Tyrus C. of Leon, WV is the creator of the Automatic Round Bale Hay Feeder, a gravity-fed system designed to automatically refill animal feeders with new bales of hay. Two angled sections are ...

Limit-feeding corn grain can be economically advantageous when the price of hay becomes too high due to short supply.

Having rolled grass into a neat round bale of hay or silage, it makes sense to dispense it neatly too. Peter Hill looks at equipment that can do just that. For many farmers, a cutter that simply ...