“As hay season continues, I see a lot of large round hay bales being stored outside,” says University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist Patrick Davis. If hay is not stored properly ...

Although large round bales reduce labor requirement when putting up hay, storage losses with them generally are much higher than with small rectangular bales, particularly when stored outdoors. This ...

Storing big round hay bales by lining them up along the fence row may be easy, but it is not economical. Baled forage probably constitutes the highest percentage of winter feed cost we have wrapped up ...

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.

With the current cost of feeds including hays, combatting waste is a good way to save some money. There are several shapes and sizes of hay from small square bales, rounds bales to large square bales.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma -- Although round bales have been popular with beef producers for many years, there are many challenges to buying, producing and using round bales correctly and cost effectively. ...

FORT WORTH -- Springtime hay season is ramping up and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent Fred Hall of Tarrant County wants to remind producers that bales are an investment worth protecting.