42% loss). If a 1200-pound round bale cost $35, a 29% reduction in hay loss is equivalent to a $10.15 savings per bale. The hay savings from using a ring on 20 bales would pay for a round bale feeder ...

“Management of input costs is a key business concern and can mean the difference between operational profit or loss, and when it comes to hay waste, using the right type of bale feeder can make a ...

While it can be easy to get in a rush, avoid barn fires by ensuring your hay is dry enough before you bale it. “When [hay] is baled at moistures over 20% mesophilic bacteria release heat causing ...

“Open-bottom feeders make it easy for cattle to pull the hay out and increase waste,” she said. “Research shows that 16-21% of that original bale weight can get wasted with them due to ...

TOWN OF CROGHAN, New York (WWNY) - State police said 5-year-old boy died after a hay bale fell on top of him inside a Lewis County barn. Troopers were called to Second Road in the town of Croghan ...

Ring feeders with steel sheeting around the bottom are typically more expensive but result in less wasted feed, at around 13 percent. Over the course of a season of hay feeding, cost savings upfront ...

Rory Wells was moving hay bales in his barn in Columbia Falls when a stack of them fell over and crushed him. COLUMBIA FALLS — Rory Wells was working his daily routine, feeding his family’s ...

CROGHAN, N.Y. -- A five-year-old child trapped beneath a hay bale in a barn was declared deceased at Lewis County Hospital. On Jan. 26, around 1:35 p.m., New York State Police were called to Second ...

CROGHAN, N.Y (WKTV) — A five-year-old child trapped beneath a hay bale in a barn was declared deceased at Lewis County Hospital. On Jan. 26, around 1:35 p.m., New York State Police were called ...

State hay market summaries for the week ending Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service.

Troopers said Silas J. Moser was stuck under a hay bale inside a barn, and Beaver Falls EMTs performed life-saving measures.