Cousin Ollie snugged another bale of hay into place. Our pirate ship of timothy and clover was almost complete. “We should call these Hayos,” he said. “You know, like Legos, only bigger.” “I don’t ...

Early pioneers used scythes and sickles to cut the hay and then piled it up with wooden forks. In the 1940s came the twine, automatic tie baler which was pulled behind a tractor and produced a 60- to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - With parts of the Midwest experiencing wetter-than-normal weather conditions, a Purdue Extension forage specialist is urging farmers to make sure their hay is adequately dried ...

Farmers in Muskingum and surrounding counties are now into the haymaking season. You can see the modern equipment in the fields cutting, raking, baling and hauling the various sizes and shapes of ...