After the first hay cutting, the timing of second and even third cuttings — as well as how much hay farmers get from those — can have some variation based on weather conditions and the type of hay.

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 ...

WAUKON, Iowa — Bill Regan says the weather for last week's Farm Progress Hay Expo as "the best haying weather we've had." The show was at Regancrest Holsteins near Waukon, but many farmers who have ...

Hay season is always a challenge. In most years it seems the weather pattern never matches our grasses’ growth stage to harvest forage as dry hay at the peak of quality and quantity. We may luck out ...

It’s not all smooth sailing for hay growers as Arkansas was facing increasingly drier conditions though late July and early August. Arkansas is expected to harvest more hay over more acres this year ...

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 ...

RICHMOND — Hayley Sumner has begun a new protocol when she takes deliveries from farms for the horses she cares for: She closely inspects the bales of hay. When she feeds the rescued animals at ...