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 ...

Plants that are cut and baled for hay tend to lose some of their vitamins and protein if they become too mature or dry. The challenge in making hay is to cut it at proper stage of maturity (while ...

The week of May 15-19 was a busy one in rural Elkhart County. Between planting crops and harvesting forages, there was an urgency in the air because of the rain, past and expected. I saw quite a bit ...

Most hay fires occur within the first six weeks after baling. Understanding the causes of fires in stored hay and learning how to reduce fire hazards will protect your feed supply and could prevent ...

Something to keep in mind as we go into another hay storage season is keeping an eye on the temperature of your haystack. With a particularly wet 2023 hay season it is possible that hay didn’t get ...

It's summer. Fields throughout western Colorado have been cut, and the hay baled, using various forms of modern technology — small bales, large bales, round and square bales, stack wagons and people ...