Designing machines that tie lots of small bales into one big bale-sized package isn’t easy, but a handful of makers have found clever ways of doing it. Peter Hill reviews the fruits of their labours ...

John Deere announces the addition of a new economy round baler especially suited for smaller farm operations and low-acreage hay producers. The new machine produces a bale 46-inches wide and up to ...

Don Larson demonstrates how the SwingSpear attachment for tractors and loaders efficiently manages hay bales on his farm in Fruitland, Wash. FRUITLAND, Wash. — Normally, when a hay farmer picks up two ...

Experts discuss the merits of switching from small square bales to either wrapped round bales or bagged haylage and silage for a small dairy farm.

Glenn and Toni Obermann took Champion and Reserve Champion awards in alfalfa and grass classes 4 to 8, and Champion in alfalfa classes 1 to 3, according to Alan Freeman, agriculture stewardship and ...

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 ...

HANDLING hundreds of small bales of straw is no longer a laborious time-consuming job for Callington oaten hay, barley and pea straw specialist producers Colin, Nathan and Brett Wegener.

Hay harvest has presented a potential work hazard since its inception. During the period when hay primarily was harvested as square bales, it wasn’t uncommon for a man to lose an arm or hand resulting ...

We’ve used a number of ways to harvest hay for our animals. All on them have been on the cheap. We own no hay fields, but that hasn’t stopped us from harvesting small grass plots and the occasional ...

30 October 2020, Lower Saxony, Ronnenberg: Bales of straw, decorated with faces, lie at the edge of a field. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg/picture alliance via Getty ...