Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

Pine producers looking to diversify their streams of revenue have a "gimme": the dead needles that cover the forest floor.

CROGHAN — A 5-year-old boy has died in Lewis County after a bale of hay fell on top of him, according to the New York State Police. State police said rescue personnel were dispatched to a farm ...

But one move doesn’t negate a string of bad luck and questionable decision-making by the front office, and maybe no move has been more head-scratching than the trade to get Myles Straw from the ...

Straw return is regarded as a widely used field management strategy for improving soil health, but its comprehensive effect on crop grain yield and quality remains elusive. Herein, a meta-analysis ...

Reducing hay waste can be a worthwhile investment in any year, but when hay prices are elevated it pays quickly. Trial 1: Buskirk et al. (2003) evaluated large round bale feeder design and the ...

The straw was removed after harvest in every autumn. The basic properties of the soil were measured at the very beginning of the experiment, the results of which are listed in Table 1. Maize straw was ...

There is nothing that brings back memories of the farm life days of my youth more than the smell of freshly baled hay in late summer. When the season is nearly over, when hot August days bring the ...

Moisture content of hay at time of baling is the single biggest hay fire risk factor. Since 2000, there have been over 900 livestock and poultry barn fires in Minnesota, resulting in over $26 ...