They don’t see eye to eye on everything it takes to successfully dry down and harvest quality hay and haylage. But University of Wisconsin’s Dan Undersander and Kevin Shinners agree that conditioning ...

Every livestock producer understands the stakes: forage quality determines herd health, milk production and profitability. Yet many operations still lose 20–30% of nutritional value between field and ...

All haymakers want their hay to dry quickly. Obviously, drying hay quickly helps avoid rain damage to the hay, but there are other reasons fast drying is important. Good timing and proper equipment ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The rainy weather that has settled over much of Indiana for the past month has made harvesting and drying hay for safe storage more difficult, potentially raising the risk of ...

Nestled along the banks of the Portage River in Pemberville, Ohio, John Russell has spent more than 20 years working as a commercial hay producer. From a season that typically spans May through ...

As haying season approaches, producers across South Dakota will begin preparing to get out the baler. In recent years, it has been quite difficult for many producers to put up quality, dry hay; this ...