Properly conditioned bales create a rich, nutrient-dense environment for your plants. It's easy to confuse hay and straw, but ...

Use bales of straw, not hay, for gardening, he said. Hay contains weed seeds and usually is too dense for best results. Choose bales held together tightly with twine. Farmers and local farm supply ...

Your hay bales might be shedding weight faster than a steer on Ozempic,” Mizzou hay specialist Rob Kallenbach quips.