Mowing, raking, and baling. I wish hay-making was that easy. For me, that sequence is too often interrupted by cussing the weatherman, tedding, and more raking. Making hay is a consuming summer ...

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

For example, Smart Farmer Kenya states that the standard conventional two-string hay bale should measure 90 cm x 45 cm x 35 cm and weigh a minimum of 15 kilograms (18–22 kgs optimal conditions).

Hay is the foundation of feeding livestock in periods of forage dormancy. The majority of hay is packaged in the form of a big round bale. Low labor requirement and little need for feeding ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This Single Round Bale Wrapper wraps hay bales in plastic in seconds. The farming machine first tilts forward to load the bale on the wrapping 'table', starting the ...

There can be considerable loss when livestock producers feed large round or square hay bales, Schnakenberg said. Research shows that losses from improper feeding of hay bales can be as high as 40%, ...

Additionally,ranchers with a regenerative mindeset may also find hay feeding as a valuable tool, especially when aiming to revitalize soil health in severely depleted areas. Bale grazing proves ...