Net wrapping bales may be more cost- and time-efficient than wrapping with twine. Although net wrapping isn't cheap — equipment costs $3,000 to $4,000 and plastic net 75 cents to $1 more per bale than ...

“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 it’s haying time, everything can spiral out of control. That field you thought needed a few more days before cutting instantly became a carpet of purple blooms. Or the humidity is too high to ...

Hay season is always a challenge. In most years it seems the weather pattern never matches our grasses’ growth stage to harvest forage as dry hay at the peak of quality and quantity. We may luck out ...