Hay harvesting equipment at work in HHD fieldsHay harvesting equipment at work in HHD fields
Alfalfa fields are cut and processed during the three-day event.
September 8, 2022
Step into a freshly cut alfalfa hayfield and take in all the smells during Husker Harvest Days. Hay demonstrations will run daily at 2 p.m.
These demonstrations showcase all the equipment you need to harvest your hay crop. Also, attendees get to see the entire alfalfa harvest process from beginning to end.
Mowers will take to the fields first. Rakes and windrowers follow. Visitors can step into the field to inspect the cut and examine plants for stems and leaves.
But soon after the alfalfa is cut, large round balers will take to the field next.
These machines — from pull-behind to self-propelled — gather up the crop and then head to the offload site where the bales drop.
Visitors can inspect each machine and bale, and then talk with company representatives for more information.
About the Author(s)
Editor, Missouri Ruralist
Mindy resides on a small farm just outside of Holstein, Mo, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis.
After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism, she worked briefly at a public relations firm in Kansas City. Her husband’s career led the couple north to Minnesota.
There, she reported on large-scale production of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and dairy, as well as, biofuels for The Land. After 10 years, the couple returned to Missouri and she began covering agriculture in the Show-Me State.
“In all my 15 years of writing about agriculture, I have found some of the most progressive thinkers are farmers,” she says. “They are constantly searching for ways to do more with less, improve their land and leave their legacy to the next generation.”
Mindy and her husband, Stacy, together with their daughters, Elisa and Cassidy, operate Showtime Farms in southern Warren County. The family spends a great deal of time caring for and showing Dorset, Oxford and crossbred sheep.
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