READLYN, Iowa --- The first-crop hay harvest is finally under way in Northeast Iowa, and farmers say there is plenty to bale or chop. Monday's weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather ...

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 ...

That’s not just a load of hay you see rumbling by on Western highways during summer months. Those hay bales form the foundation of rural agriculture in many Western communities. Alfalfa is a major ...

According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Oct. 28, Kansas hay demand has increased slightly ...

This past week, demand remained slow and prices stayed steady for dairy alfalfa and grass hay, according to the Kansas ...

Driven by limited carryover supplies and renewed demand from California dairies, alfalfa hay is soaring to new price levels and this year’s crop could reach its second-highest prices ever, says Seth ...

The Nebraska Department of Transportation has announced hay harvesting permit applications for the public will be accepted through an online application portal beginning July 30 at 12:01 a.m. CST.

ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) - A Vermont farmer is searching for answers after dozens of his hay bales were vandalized. Ethan Lawrence of Lawrence Family Farms said he was mowing a field when he ...