Equipment

Harvesting corn silage or haylage is one of the most time-sensitive jobs a farmer or contractor can do. When the crop is ready, you need to be ready too.

One of the areas we tend to have good intentions about practicing is farm safety, but sometimes our good intentions get set aside.

I realize this is not intentional, but we must make an extra effort to not only think about it, but also practice it.

With the year coming to an end, that also means the holiday season is quickly approaching. Although every day is a day to give thanks, the holiday season is also a great time to sit down and think about the past year.

Have you ever needed to haul a bale of hay but the tractor with the spears is at the farm farthest from the barn? This is a problem I came across on a cold winter day, and the idea for hydraulic spears for a pickup truck crossed my mind.

I’m Zepplin Smith, a student at Olton Independent School District, Olton, Texas.

After a long summer in the hayfield, it’s tempting to simply back haying equipment into the shed for the winter without giving it a second thought.

However, conducting a thorough end-of-season inspection and writing down maintenance needs while they are still top of mind can be time well spent.

The dictionary defines an “innovation” as the action or process of innovating; a new method, product or idea. Our Forage Folks column this month features four recent innovations in the forage world.