Missouri Extension State forage specialist Carson Roberts explains three factors that determine profitability when putting up hay.

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

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 ...

University of Missouri livestock and forage specialists are reporting ergot infestations that can cause major losses in livestock, said MU Extension state specialist in veterinary toxicology and ...

As the saying goes, ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’ Hay making is the process of turning green, perishable forage into a product that can be safely stored and easily transported without danger of ...

PUTNEY — Mark Bowen, of Meadowdale Farm, uses a hay baler to collect the hay from an 11-acre field on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Bowen was only able to make one round hay bale from the second cut of ...

A lot goes into making high-quality hay. Perhaps the primary way to produce the kind of hay that will give top milk and meat production is to cut the hay at the optimum stage of maturity. Whether it’s ...

Anyone can make hay while the sun shines, but it takes a special type of business entrepreneur to make hay in the rain. And, say some, that’s the best time. Years ago, a business partner of Steve ...

Hay requires a lot of heat from the sun and air to dry the grass. Former councilor and hay farmer Mohamud Abdirahman Adan at a haystack Hay is grass, legumes, or other green plants that have been cut ...