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 ...

Editor’s note: Every year for Independence Day, Agweek reporter Mikkel Pates presents an annual feature called Flags on Farms — a collection of vignettes. “There’s just something about the two that ...

White-wrapped hay bales, often called ‘marshmallow bales,’ sit partially buried in snow next to a field on Livermore Falls Road in Farmington on the morning of Feb. 26. The rising sun illuminates the ...