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.

Experienced agricultural producers in the southern Great Plains know that low wind speeds, high humidity, moist hay, and hot temperatures can be a recipe for disaster. Under such a set of ...

Ruben Alvarez Jr. sits on a bale of grass hay in the warehouse at Dave’s Hay Barn. A rooster crows in the background. Ruben is waiting for his father, Ruben Alvarez Sr., to return from a hay delivery.

TOWN OF EDSON, Wis. (WEAU) - Crews responded to a barn fire in Chippewa County Thursday afternoon. They were called out to the fire just south of Boyd in the town of Edson. A firefighter on the scene ...

SEVEN-DAY FORECAST. JENNIFER: THANK YOU TODAY, FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS, THE SITE OF A LAREGE BARN FIRE IN SPENCER COUNTY KENTUCK -- SPENCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THESE PICTURES AER FROM THE ...

Be careful how you answer that question. Cost and expense are two different things. Everyone worries about the expense of building barns for hay storage. Yes, barns are a big capital expense.

Sep. 25—Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only will wet hay grow mold that can be unhealthy for farm animals, but the microbial activity can generate so much heat that the bales will light on ...

Two adults were able to rescue the 9-year-old girl, who was then transported to a local hospital with serious injuries A 9-year-old girl from Wisconsin was hospitalized after a hay bale fell on top of ...

The Bainbridge Fire Department responded Sunday night to a barn fire on the property of the department chief. No animals were injured and no equipment was damaged in the blaze, but more than 10,000 ...

CROGHAN, N.Y (WKTV) — A five-year-old child trapped beneath a hay bale in a barn was declared deceased at Lewis County Hospital. On Jan. 26, around 1:35 p.m., New York State Police were called to ...

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 ...