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 ...

“As hay season continues, I see a lot of large round hay bales being stored outside,” says University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist Patrick Davis. If hay is not stored properly ...

When large round hay bales came along, those of us who had cut our agricultural teeth on stacking small square bales thought we’d never need to put hay bales in a stifling hot barn again.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 25—Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only will wet hay grow mold that can be unhealthy for farm animals, but the ...

An alternative to using stretch film is the manual placement of bales into individual bags. Round bales can be bagged while elevated on a hay spear. The open end of the bag is sealed with tape after ...

Storing big round hay bales by lining them up along the fence row may be easy, but it is not economical. Baled forage probably constitutes the highest percentage of winter feed cost we have wrapped up ...