Missouri ranks eighth in the nation in hay production, producing 4.83 million tons per year, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Hay is a major feed for beef production and other ...

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 ...

Haymaking is a game of threes, says University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts. To be profitable, producers must manage three key factors: equipment expenses, quality and ...

Costs of feeding hay vary with quality. Feeding low-quality hay is expensive because additional supplement is needed for meeting the animal's nutritional requirements. It is important to buy or ...

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 ...

When you tell someone to ‘make hay while the sun shines’, what you are suggesting is that the individual should make good use the favourable circumstances that have come his way; he should get to work ...

I am a regular reader of your weekly column. Thank you for the good work you are doing in educating us on many topics in livestock keeping. Like any other farmer, I have had great challenges with feed ...