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 ...

Hay harvest has presented a potential work hazard since its inception. During the period when hay primarily was harvested as square bales, it wasn’t uncommon for a man to lose an arm or hand resulting ...

Landowners can now apply for permits to harvest hay from the rights-of-way of state highways. Interstates and freeways are excluded from the program, now in its second year. Landowners whose land ...

This past week, demand was light, trade was moderate, and prices were steady, on limited test as producers have been busy in the fields with wheat harvest, hay harvest and the planting of milo, ...

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 ...