Discover the origins of hay baling, the first hay presses of the 1850s, and the innovators who transformed agriculture with early ...

Growing up, most of our pastures had herds of cattle or a small band of horses on them. But one small pasture, close to home, was occupied by old steel and antique iron. To me, it was an imaginary ...

A farm hand loading baled hay onto a truck, ca. 1944. Distributing hay on a trailer, ca. 1980. A hay loading frame, ca. 1979. Baling hay in Brookeville, Maryland, ca ...

When I sold our horses two years ago, our family took a break from baling straw. For the next few years the baler sat idle because we no longer needed it for bedding. But earlier this summer when I ...

ST. JOHN – Most years, Jordan Hickel would be waiting for the right conditions to get out his baler – waiting around for the perfect humidity. But it’s 3 p.m. on a hot July day, and the Stafford ...