“Hay harvest is approaching, and producing high-quality hay reduces cattle supplementation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Davis discusses harvest ...

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 ...

For New Hampshire farmers who grow hay, the past couple of years have presented a bit of a Goldilocks situation. Last summer was too dry. This summer has been too wet. And that's a bad ending for this ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

Frequent June rains across the region have been a mixed blessing for area ranchers and dairy producers. The moisture has helped pastures but hampered the first harvest of dairy-quality alfalfa.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered by the coming storm signaled by the sound of thunder. “Thunder means lightning, and ...

Hay farmers in the state say this summer’s harvest has been slowed or stopped by heavy rains through June and July. The Kennebec Journal reported June rainfall in Augusta was the fourth highest on ...

The difference between good hay and poor hay (with less nutrient content or moldy and dusty) is primarily timing of harvest. Glenn Shewmaker, state forage specialist, University of Idaho, says the ...