School kids are talking to their neighbors and friends, asking them to drop off discarded hay wrap at participating schools for the Hay Wrap Take Back competition among 10 schools in Cherokee County.

A group of farmers is wrapping up hay bales with an old-fashioned twine to test it as an alternative to plastic string and plastic netting. The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used by ...

Most everyone in the livestock business agrees that using plastic for baled forage is a great tool that benefits both the farmer and livestock. However, proper disposal of the plastic after it has ...

If rain damage often plagues your hay making, you might consider using plastic wrap this year. Try baling it tough, then wrapping it with stretch plastic wrap to keep water and air out while keeping ...

Maintaining forage quality with small dry-weather windows can be done by using baleage instead of dry hay. The ideal conditions for baleage is to bale the hay between 40% to 65% moisture and wrap ...

Net wrapping bales may be more cost- and time-efficient than wrapping with twine. Although net wrapping isn't cheap — equipment costs $3,000 to $4,000 and plastic net 75 cents to $1 more per bale than ...

If you have any experience making hay, you’re aware of the challenges of doing so. For dry hay producers, stringing together a few good days to bale is difficult, and those ensiling haylage are faced ...