This phrase baffled me when I was young. What did it really mean? My friend Kevin, who grew up on a farm and taught me about baling hay, told me that it has two meanings. The first, literally, was to ...

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 ...

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

Farmers work tirelessly throughout the spring and summer to grow, cut, and store hay to feed their livestock throughout the year. But how exactly is the hay created? Haymaking is a process – and it ...

Sep. 25—Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only will wet hay grow mold that can be unhealthy for farm animals, but the microbial activity can generate so much heat that the bales will light on ...

U.S., world, and local economic tectonic plates shift and grind and slide across one another each in separate directions at varying speeds. Their movements and the consequences of those movements, and ...

Missouri ranks eighth in the nation in hay production, producing 4.83 million tons per year, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Hay is a major feed for beef production and other ...