A Monroe farmer loads hay bales onto a trailer while working in a field in 2009. Credit: Gabor Degre / BDN As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round ...

Nowadays a lot of farmers use round bales of hay. They’re huge. Some of them can weigh over a thousand pounds. One of the perks is they take less time to dry between cutting the hay and baling it.

Farms in Kansas grow a variety of hay, from legumes to grasses, and storing and preserving that hay is important. “Different types of hay can have very different levels of protein and energy because ...