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Agweek Magazine Cowboy Logic column.(Column)
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Agweek (Grand Forks, ND)
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October 2, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Agweek. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Ryan M. Taylor
Oct. 2--TOWNER, N.D. -- Every fall, I question the progress made in haying methods, especially the day we quit stacking our hay and began rolling it into big round bales.
Used to be you put in your hours in the summer making a nice bunch of haystacks that weighed 6 tons or more. Sure, it took a long time and a big hay crew to run all the needed equipment, but the autumn chore of moving it in was a cinch.
What we used to accomplish with 150 sparse stately stacks of hay we do today with 1,500 round bales littering every available acre on the meadow.
The wise old ranchers in our neighborhood told us "when you bale your hay, the work's only ...
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Reducing Losses When Feeding Hay to Beef Cattle
The Cattleman;
September 1, 2006 ;
Kallenbach, Robert;
787 words
......one-day supply of hay each day minimizes...When feeding large round bales without a ring or...for feeding large round bales is to set the bale...limit access to the hay with a rack or hay...for feeding large round bales in hay rings (see diagram...
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Truckloads of hay arrive from Kansas to help Texas farmers
AP Online;
August 30, 1998 ;
388 words
......semi-trucks piled high with donated hay rumbled into town Sunday to...The Hales rounded up the hay and drove 10 hours with help...Guard. They donated 99 large round bales and 550 small square bales...the summer right now. This hay will last about two weeks for...lush acres. Soon donations ...
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MAKING HAY IN NEW WAY MACHINES EASE THE JOB, BUT IT'S STILL HARD WORK
The Boston Globe;
July 29, 1990 ;
Ralph Jimenez, GLOBE STAFF;
787 words
......three or even four cuts of hay this year, though most, like...nostalgic diehards still stack hay and crown the stack to shed...stacks can now portray the hay crop in a more artful form...bring in the bulk of their hay in great round bales weighing a ton apiece. The...after ton. In ...
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Workers Disappearing From Hay Fields
AP Online;
August 29, 2005 ;
JUDI BOLAND, Associated Press Writer;
500 words
......the United States to bale hay into 50-pound blocks, stack...Machines produce large, round bales of hay that weigh up to a ton and...in the last 30 years the hay business has become almost...farmer could produce enough hay using existing manpower on...teen, he said he stacked ...
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Grinding helps firm make hay; Cattle: Process cuts crust from bales
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
January 29, 2002 ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS;
283 words
......nibble from the middle of a big bale of hay and ignore the crusty outside. Left...Fort Atkinson, good-to-premium large round bales sold for $80 to $92.50 and fair-to-good large round bales sold for $50 to $80. Miller's answer...ground up - no crust, no waste. Custom Hay Grinding ...
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Restricting Time of Access to Large Round Bales of Hay Affects Hay Waste...
Professional Animal Scientist;
August 1, 2007 ;
Miller, A J; Faulkner, D B; Cunningham, T C; Dahlquist, J M;
787 words
......Restricting time of access to large round bales of hay reduced hay disappearance while...unrestricted access to large round bales of hay. Unfortunately, this method...the time of access to large round bales of hay on cow and calf performance...
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Climate makes hay a scarce commodity.
High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC);
September 16, 2007 ;
361 words
......winter may depend upon how much hay is available and what government...this winter. As many as 800,000 round bales of hay will be needed this winter to...estimated $80 million in losses of hay, pasture and forage in our state...cow can eat 3,000 pounds of hay over the four winter ...
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Ready to meet the needs of commercial hay growers?
Implement & Tractor;
May 1, 1989 ;
Buckingham, Frank;
787 words
......time-saving haying machines improve hay quality, and they're investigating...of harvesting better-quality hay. They are also buying peripheral equipment, he adds, Such as hay dryers to help avoid weather...developments made to improve hay quality. Kevin Sartain, White...maximum yields of ...
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Cost and shipment of hay increased due to flooding earlier in the summer.
Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY);
August 15, 2006 ;
493 words
......although some Jefferson County hay is headed in that direction...know if you're going to see hay going there right away. I...Russell E. Jones, who has sold hay on the Internet for the last...transportation. A bale of north country hay last year averaged $1 to...tend to make big square or ...
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There's a Price to Pay For High-Quality Hay; Horse Breeders Forced to Look...
The Washington Post;
September 19, 2004 ;
Pamela Oldham;
787 words
......make top- quality hay. This time of year, hay looks to be plentiful. Large round bales weighing between...Development Office, said round bales typically sell for...avoid it. Local hay farmers say fescue...the best equine hay cause some farmers...can easily make ...
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HAY'S WAY; He's lifted trophies and been hounded out of clubs but he will...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
December 12, 2004 ;
787 words
...Byline: JIM BLACK DAVIE HAY suspects that he may have been a little...at the age of just 35. Now, 21 years on, Hay finds himself cast in the role of the SPL...his managerial career in a blaze of glory, Hay has learned much about the ways of management...
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HAY! PRICES ARE HIGH
The Billings Gazette;
April 3, 2008 ;
Lutey, Tom;
760 words
...This is a fever no one should sneeze at. Hay, the fuel of dairy and beef industries...and ranch insiders shelling out more for hay say the price will haveto be passed on before long. "We may see it in the supermarket: Hay is up, and I don't think we've seen anything...
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Harry Hay's 40 years as gay-movement pioneer
The Boston Globe;
January 6, 1991 ;
Jean Dietz, Globe Staff;
787 words
...At 78, Harry Hay, a pioneer in the gay liberation movement...ball "like a girl." "With more experience," Hay said in a recent interview, "I would have...but no rules for someone who was neither." Hay is the subject of a new biography, "The Trouble...
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Hay to call Jansen in sacking claim against Celtic
The Scotsman;
April 25, 1998 ;
IAIN LUNDY;
532 words
...DAVID HAY plans to call Celtic's coach, Wim Jansen, and...yesterday. The industrial tribunal, at which Mr Hay alleges breach of contract after being sacked...include the finance director, Eric Riley, Mr Hay will begin his case. Provisional dates in June...
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Kansas ranchers send hay to feed Texas cattle
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
August 31, 1998 ;
110 words
...Seven semi-trucks piled high with donated hay rumbled into town Sunday to give a small measure of relief...just cheered when we pulled in." The Hales rounded up the hay and drove 10 hours with help from the National Guard. They donated an estimated $11,000 worth of hay. This year's drought damage in Texas ...
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