When driving in Kansas, it is easy to spot big, round hay bales that are wrapped in plastic and ready to be fed to cattle. When it is time to feed the bale, some producers put the hay with the ...

Figure 2. Temperature of round bale alfalfa hay from summer (16% moisture) and fall (20% moisture) cuttings relative to the ambient air temperature during the first few days after baling.

Before the invention of round bales, hay was cut and tied into square bales which were then collected by truck and stacked in a shed. It was back-breaking work, but there was a reprieve within ...

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The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is launching a new campaign to grow its facilities and improve rescue operations.

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is launching a new campaign to grow its facilities and improve rescue operations. The ARL aims to raise $6 million through the "Transforming the Future of Animal ...

"Our first cut of hay on 24 acres, we got 23 4x5 round bales," he said ... in the poultry sector was the ribbon cutting of 30,000-square-foot Innovative Poultry Products LLC building in Bamberg ...

Costume contests judging will take place in the square from 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m ... Museum will host a fall festival with pumpkins, straw bales and delicious goodies. Harvest Hoot offers Halloween ...

sunny days are still needed to cut hay, rake it, and let it dry before baling. But today, huge round bales are quicker and easier to bale and store and have replaced many square bales as winter feed.