When large round hay bales came along, those of us who had cut our agricultural teeth on stacking small square bales thought we’d never need to put hay bales in a stifling hot barn again.

Farmers work tirelessly throughout the spring and summer to grow, cut, and store hay to feed their livestock throughout the year. But how exactly is the hay created? Haymaking is a process – and it ...

Alec and Claudia Webster of the Helen and Will Webster Foundation (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) Example of mortise and tenon joinery inside the hay barn, common in 19th century New England construction ...

Summer day campers hang out on the truck delivering hay to Miles Smith Farm in 2022. Farming may be hard work, but it’s tons of fun when you’re a child. Credit: Courtesy Farming is hard work but can ...

No doubt you have on occasion passed up what proved to be a golden opportunity. Perhaps you paid tens of thousands of dollars more for fuel than you would have had you hedged. Or maybe a family ...

CHICO — Back in the day, the DeMeyer family would throw harvest parties for workers and friends in their big hay barn in west Chico. “We’d do it nearly every year,” said Ray DeMeyer, who would find ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The price of hay has gone up significantly in Oregon and Washington in 2021, causing some equine and livestock owners to decide between paying more to feed their animals – or ...