Andrew Frankenfield of Penn State Extension offers considerations for choosing the right equipment for a hay operation. He also previews the upcoming Pennsylvania Forage Conference.

The tractor that served your operation for two decades still runs. The disc harrow gets the job done. Your hay equipment makes it through another season. But when you calculate ...

Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

Photo by David Freeze - Lewis and Harrison take ceremonial ride atop the last load on the way to the barn. Rowan and surrounding areas have been busy with a bumper spring hay crop for the last two ...

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.