When I was a regional reporter for the Grand Forks Herald, I heard about a farm family near Cummings, N.D., who baled hay at night. I thought that would make an interesting story, so I told my editor ...
Jim Bird's 1,000-acre hay bale farm regularly draws attention from motorists along U.S. Highway 43 near Demopolis. So the city decided to honor its resident hay bale artist with its first-ever Hay ...
One enterprising young Lego builder has put together a working hay baler on the smaller end of the scale, as seen on Facebook. The baler is built using Lego’s Technic line of mechanical-oriented parts ...
Every homesteader’s goal is to be as self-sustaining as possible. In trying to reach that goal, many of us raise animals. It’s difficult to keep many animals without hay, and conventional thinking ...
“It hadn’t been used for a couple of years, so the twine-tie square baler was sold on an internet auction.” Small square bales of hay are a lot of work, but nearly essential for most livestock ...
Let's start this off with a statement of fact about my opinion: I greatly dislike heat. Now, given the rough winter we endured what seems like a minute ago, I've mostly kept quiet with my complaints ...
Photo A: The author’s grandson, Austin, experiments with using the baler to form a bale. When you build your own wooden hay baler, you can hand bale hay without the need for equipment, so you can ...
OXFORD - The saying goes that you make hay when the sun shines. So, come this Saturday and Sunday, whether it's 80 degrees or 100, Bill Stockman of rural Oxford who owns 19 vintage hay balers invites ...
ARCHDALE, N.C. — For farmer Jay Hohn, the day begins early on his 80-acre farm — and often behind the wheel of a tractor. “I started farming doing row crops,” Hohn said. “I did that for several years, ...
Case IH’s new RB6 series variable chamber round baler offers durability and less maintenance with triple seal bearings throughout the machine. This ensures contaminants stay out while lubricants stay ...