The recent dry spell caused difficulties for many beef and dairy producers around the country. Grass growth slowed down ...

Harvesting hay has gone from a labor-intensive practice of using sickles and wooden forks to balers that compress hay into ...

One Jefferson County farmer said because of the constant rain, he’s very behind on collecting hay bales for the winter. “If you’re a cattle farmer, you’re really a grass farmer,” said ...

Watertown Fire Rescue battles trio of grass, bale fires; blaze shuts down I-29. Staff Reports. Thu, January 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM UTC. 1 min read.

Firefighter faces arson charges over hay bale, grass fires near Saskatchewan town. Aaron Sousa. Macklin, sask. The Canadian Press. Published August 28, 2024Updated August 29, 2024.

Stock are outwintered on deferred grass, bale grazing and forage crops. Read more articles by Duncan Morrison I’m a fourth-generation farmer with a first-generation business, which started in 2016.

Crews snuff out hay bales on fire near Macklin, Sask., in a July 30, 2024, handout photo. Macklin and District Fire and Rescue has been battling what it believes are a string of arsons on hay ...

These bales would be taken to the barn and put on an elevator that took them up to the barn mow. Hay mechanization took a major leap in the 1970s and 1980s with the introduction of the large round ...