Harvest time is when the hard work pays off – and to share that with your family makes it even more special.

I remember a conversation from about 30 years ago concerning Fairfield, Idaho, hay.

The topic was which hay growers had and used hay rakes and which did not.

When I was growing up in the ’60s, there was little choice about how to store hay.

It was virtually all stored in small square bales and much of it was stored in a barn loft.

As hay harvest season gets under way, thinking about fertilizing those stands should be a priority due to cost of fertilizer (Figure 1).

You don’t have to pick up too many livestock magazines to know there is a lot of talk about high-density, short-duration grazing … better known as “mob” grazing.