Missouri Extension State forage specialist Carson Roberts explains three factors that determine profitability when putting up hay.

This phrase baffled me when I was young. What did it really mean? My friend Kevin, who grew up on a farm and taught me about baling hay, told me that it has two meanings. The first, literally, was to ...

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

If you plan on buying or selling hay this growing season, add your listing to the 2025 Colorado Hay Directory. The annual publication helps connect hay producers with buyers across the state. “The Hay ...

The old expression, “Let’s make hay while the sun shines,” comes from our rural past when farms took advantage of the early summer months to harvest hay. Before the age of the internal-combustion ...

So let's get back to the description of making hay that I began in my column two weeks ago. I left off last time at the point where the hay is lying in the field after being mowed. When we mow, we lay ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A scorching drought in the southern Plains has caused hay prices to soar, benefiting farmers to the north but forcing many ranchers to make a difficult choice between paying high ...

During extended periods of wet weather, hay producers who still have hair havejust about pulled all of it out wondering when to try to cut and bale hay. There are times when you have no choice when ...