April is winding down and May is just around the corner. Forage producers are getting ready to start fertilizing and the subsequent harvesting of their warm-season grasses for hay. I have been asked ...

While agricultural sciences and farming have taken massive steps forward in technology and technique since the 1950s, retired nutritionist Cal Stout’s method for baling hay hasn’t changed much. And ...

ST. JOHN – Most years, Jordan Hickel would be waiting for the right conditions to get out his baler – waiting around for the perfect humidity. But it’s 3 p.m. on a hot July day, and the Stafford ...

NEVADA, Mo. — Up to 25 percent of the leaves on alfalfa plants can be lost during hay baling, Ryan Lock, a University of Missouri research specialist, told farmers at an alfalfa meeting held Jan. 23 ...