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 ...
WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — With the rains apparently done for a while, Wallowa County farmers are making hay while the sun shines, as they mow their first cutting of alfalfa. “It looks like we have a ...
If I ever tried to farm, I would want to raise hay. Hay appeals to multiple senses. Sight: hay fields are beautiful green, sometime crowned with lavender alfalfa blooms. Across the American continent, ...
This phrase baffled me when I was young. What did it really mean? My friend Kevin, who grew up on a farm and taught me about baling hay, told me that it has two meanings. The first, literally, was to ...