PRINEVILLE – For Central Oregon’s growing ranks of small-acreage farmers faced with rising equipment costs, the most affordable way to bale hay is to use a pitchfork. But it’s also the most ...

We plan to fill our hay barns with roughly 50 tons of small round bales. Nothing marks the onset of summer for me like making hay. In Kansas, we often get our cool-season meadows put up by mid-June.

CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

Glenn and Toni Obermann took Champion and Reserve Champion awards in alfalfa and grass classes 4 to 8, and Champion in alfalfa classes 1 to 3, according to Alan Freeman, agriculture stewardship and ...

Pardon the pun, but the hay baler and modern swather are intertwined with the High Plains Journal. Today, hay equipment can be handled much easier because of greater mechanical and technology ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This Single Round Bale Wrapper wraps hay bales in plastic in seconds. The farming machine first tilts forward to load the bale on the wrapping 'table', starting the ...

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.

Hay season is underway around East Texas. Safety around hay equipment is important, as farming can be a dangerous job. Round balers have made producing hay more efficient. However, they can lead to ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Vermeer large round baler and, while this event might not be terribly significant to many readers, it signaled a monumental change on ...