Exactly What You Need to KnowPut your idle fields to work. Organic farmer Ann Larkin Hansen clearly and simply explains the five steps to the age-old art of making hay to feed livestock. This complete guide covers how to suit the hay to your animals and the haying equipment to your farm operation, how to judge the weather and the crop, and precisely how to cut, rake, dry, gather, and store a winter's supply of hay to be fed to your animals or sold for profit.