Experienced agricultural producers in the southern Great Plains know that low wind speeds, high humidity, moist hay, and hot temperatures can be a recipe for disaster. Under such a set of ...

Hay fires generally occur within six weeks after baling, but have been known to occur even after a year, according to a report by eHay Weekly. They begin through spontaneous combustion. Hay bale fires ...

It's hay season in the Ozarks. KY3's Michael Deere reports on the fire hazard that can come from hay bales and how challenging a recent fire was for firefighters. Sarah Kenyon, a Field Specialist in ...

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Morton County emergency managers are warning farmers and ranchers about what they say is an alarming number of hay bales that have spontaneously combusted and caught fire. Just ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — York County farmers and firefighters have been dealing with a string of barn fires over the past few weeks, with experts warning that wet hay is a major factor driving the blazes.

Sep. 25—Moisture and hay are sworn enemies. Not only will wet hay grow mold that can be unhealthy for farm animals, but the microbial activity can generate so much heat that the bales will light on ...

News reports of the Braum’s facility fire in Tuttle being caused by wet hay may have people wondering how something wet can combust, but it is all a matter of chemistry. “Strange as it may seem at ...

MANDAN, N.D. - The Morton County Sheriff's Department is warning that numerous hay bales in the county have ignited by spontaneous combustion. Local fire departments remind farmers and ranchers to ...

HOLDREGE - A fire at a feedlot that burned 300 hay bales, a pile of ground corn and the tires that were on top of the corn is still smoldering a day later. The fire, which started in the early morning ...

Five Crews with approximately 20 firefighters remain on scene working to contain a shed fire containing stored hay bales which started last night near the Booborowie township, approximately 35 km ...

Cattle producers in some parts of the country had to adjust quickly from too dry to too wet this year. Hay that gets rained on while it’s still in the windrow will lose nutritional value, but if it’s ...

Sept. 05--SUPERIOR, Iowa. -- A hay bale fire on Wednesday closed down a highway and took the combined efforts of seven fire departments to extinguish. The Superior Fire Department was paged at 7:37 ...