Harvesting hay has gone from a labor-intensive practice of using sickles and wooden forks to balers that compress hay into ...

“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 ...

Total cost of a bale of hay including land, custom rates and nutrient uptake is about $51 per bale for a 1,400-pound bale with a 1.1 tons per-acre yield. “Hay prices in the summer are $35 to $55 ...

Depending on the hay's density and moisture content, a 5x5 round bale typically weighs between 800 and 1,200 pounds. With such large bales, you can expect around 1.5 to 2.5 bales per acre.

CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

Ranching 101: how to unroll a bale of hay with your truck. Pro tip: it's easier when the cows are out of the way. Good luck MOOving them! Trump’s biggest round of tariffs is coming next week ...

The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Committee’s Hay Bale Decorating Contest invites people across the state to celebrate agriculture with imaginative hay bale display… ...

Swisher says she’s decorated a few square bales, but she typically does her designs on round hay bales, which is what her family produces. “We do custom hay, we have pivots, and so we’ve got ...

Polson Rural Fire District responded to two fires last week. The first, on June 19, was near Buffalo Bridge where firefighters found 110 round bales fully engulfed in flames. The second was Friday ...

Graduating Green Bay Preble High School seniors blocked entrances of the school with round hay bales as part of their senior prank, May 30, 2025.

TUSCARAWAS TWP. ‒ A 75-year-old man died Wednesday after being crushed by a hay bale. Stephen Rohr was pronounced dead at 1:50 p.m. at 2779 Greendale Ave. SW, according to the Stark County ...