“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 ...

Dec. 23—As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round or square hay bales on a homestead. They will happily munch on baled hay and feed regardless of its ...

Livestock owners can save money and time with an awareness of the economics behind harvesting, buying and selling hay. Eric DeVuyst, Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural economist, said ...

Storing big round hay bales by lining them up along the fence row may be easy, but it is not economical. Baled forage probably constitutes the highest percentage of winter feed cost we have wrapped up ...

Mowing, raking, and baling. I wish hay-making was that easy. For me, that sequence is too often interrupted by cussing the weatherman, tedding, and more raking. Making hay is a consuming summer-time ...

Learn about the history of the round baler and the many men and companies that claimed to be the first to create a functional ...

Nowadays a lot of farmers use round bales of hay. They’re huge. Some of them can weigh over a thousand pounds. One of the perks is they take less time to dry between cutting the hay and baling it.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma -- Although round bales have been popular with beef producers for many years, there are many challenges to buying, producing and using round bales correctly and cost effectively. ...

Tyrus C. of Leon, WV is the creator of the Automatic Round Bale Hay Feeder, a gravity-fed system designed to automatically refill animal feeders with new bales of hay. Two angled sections are ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - It’s been an interesting last 12 months for hay producers in our area. Last year at this time, we were in a drought with hay prices easily reaching $100 or more per round bale.

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 ...