With Missouri forage supplies in short supply due to drought, some livestock producers are looking at wheat straw as feedstuff, despite its poor nutrient quality. This leaves wheat farmers asking what ...

Baling wheat straw has become a more common practice in the past few years, but removing straw exports nutrients out of the field. "Knowing how much nutrient is contained in straw is important," said ...

Baling wheat straw has become a more common practice in the past few years for many reasons, said Fabian Fernandez, University of Illinois Extension specialist in soil fertility and plant nutrition.

When it’s haying time, everything can spiral out of control. That field you thought needed a few more days before cutting instantly became a carpet of purple blooms. Or the humidity is too high to ...

LIVE OAK – The hum of a tractor’s motor fills the forest as a worker heaves an armful of pine needles into a rusted red baler. He flips a metal lever over the tawny leaves and pushes down sharply, ...