Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

This week’s Machinery Pete “Pete’s Pick of the Week” shines a spotlight on used hay equipment and a unique custom-painted tractor. On Thursday, the Juniper Valley Ranch Auction in Juniper, Idaho, ...

Photo by David Freeze - Lewis and Harrison take ceremonial ride atop the last load on the way to the barn. Rowan and surrounding areas have been busy with a bumper spring hay crop for the last two ...

Coker and his wife, Jamie, got into hay farming by accident. When they married in 1979, Jamie had two horses. Because they couldn’t find hay for them, the Cokers planted ten acres in hay. Having no ...

The South Central New York Ag Team and the South Central New York Dairy & Field Crops Team of Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold a hay making workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at CNY Farm Supply, ...

Before huge machines pressed hay into 1-ton bales, it was stacked in the field and had to be moved by hand. And before horse-drawn mowers cut a field quickly, it had to be cut by hand with a scythe.