Commercial bale stackers can save valuable time during the busy hay-harvesting season, but the cost associated with retail equipment can often be prohibitive to many farmers. Faced with this dilemma, Washington farmer Rick Berens came up with a novel solution – he built his own bale stacker from scratch.

With the school semester just around the corner, many universities across the U.S. put the finishing touches to recent university farm renovations this summer.

Milk processing is a vital value-added link in the dairy production chain from cow to carton. Due to the industry’s high demand for skilled graduates, many universities have recently upgraded their campus creameries to provide the best learning environment about processing milk for their students.