Dec. 23—As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round or square hay bales on a homestead. They will happily munch on baled hay and feed regardless of its ...

CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

Nowadays a lot of farmers use round bales of hay. They’re huge. Some of them can weigh over a thousand pounds. One of the perks is they take less time to dry between cutting the hay and baling it.

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.

Regardless of the scarcity or abundance of hay, there are relative differences in value. Value differs because of variations in hay nutrient content and in weights of individual bales or rolls. Bale ...

Most of Obermann’s bales weigh 50 to 60 pounds. “I do not bale 90-pound bales because no one wants to buy moldy hay,” he says. “Bales that tight and that heavy simply cannot breathe and could mold.” ...

A cowboy & his dogs on the back tell the story of how tiring, time consuming & dangerous this job can be.Tyler Westhoff (in photo) & his co worker sat down exhausted one afternoon in September 2017 ...

The BiG Pack 870 High Speed (HS) HDP is the newest large square baler with Krone’s unique MultiBale technology. The baler produces 2’7” x 2’3” bales with the ability to tie up to eight small bales ...