Haymaking is a game of threes, says University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts. To be profitable, producers must manage three key factors: equipment expenses, quality and ...

My two favorite smells are plowed ground and fresh baled hay. At the end of last week, I was able to enjoy the latter as the weather finally gave us enough consecutive dry days to get some hay made. I ...

Trim Haymaking Festival, which was scheduled to take place in the Co Meath town today, has been cancelled owing to the recent inclement weather. The organisers of the event said they have taken the ...

Farmers in Muskingum and surrounding counties are now into the haymaking season. You can see the modern equipment in the fields cutting, raking, baling and hauling the various sizes and shapes of ...

University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts sees haymaking as a “game of threes” with producers needing to manage equipment expenses, quality and yield to turn a profit.

Haymaking from the 1930s and 1950s will be the focus of the traditional celebration of bygone farming methods at this week's Royal Norfolk Show. Graham Kirk, organiser of the vintage farming working ...

After a wonderful week of dry weather, we’ve got all the silage and hay finished. I was beginning to think this was not going to be a haymaking year. My only sadness was the good weather meant I ...

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 ...