A Monroe farmer loads hay bales onto a trailer while working in a field in 2009. Credit: Gabor Degre / BDN As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round ...

Nowadays a lot of farmers use round bales of hay. They’re huge. Some of them can weigh over a thousand pounds. One of the perks is they take less time to dry between cutting the hay and baling it.

Baled silage is now made on over two-thirds of all farms in Ireland and accounts for one-third of all silage made. Farmers, contractors and everyone else on farms need to know and understand the risks ...

Round bales have been a popular feed technology in the beef industry for many years. However, there are many challenges to buying (or producing) and using round bales correctly and cost effectively.