MFA-Linn was recently awarded $10,000 to purchase a baler to be used for compressing agriculture plastic wrap waste left from hay bales. Organizers say this is a first of its kind project in the state ...

Most everyone in the livestock business agrees that using plastic for baled forage is a great tool that benefits both the farmer and livestock. However, proper disposal of the plastic after it has ...

When driving in Kansas, it is easy to spot big, round hay bales that are wrapped in plastic and ready to be fed to cattle. When it is time to feed the bale, some producers put the hay with the wrap on ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This Single Round Bale Wrapper wraps hay bales in plastic in seconds. The farming machine first tilts forward to load the bale on the wrapping 'table', starting the ...

Wrapping Hay - If rain damage often plagues your hay making, you might consider using plastic wrap this year. Try baling it tough, then wrapping it with stretch plastic wrap to keep water and air out ...

KIMBALL, S.D. - Ideas - and sometimes things - can sit in your gut, demanding action. Take Netwrap, for example. Amanda Konechne has been chewing on ideas for a better alternative to the round hay ...

Net wrapping bales may be more cost- and time-efficient than wrapping with twine. Although net wrapping isn't cheap — equipment costs $3,000 to $4,000 and plastic net 75 cents to $1 more per bale than ...

As the 2021 planting season is officially underway, many farm inputs and supplies are seeing a shortage. An ag chemistry shortage is impacting those trying to control weeds, but the pinch on products ...