bales

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Richard Hodgson, who farms at Howick in Northumberland, says soil from the mole hills can also get picked up and incorporated into the bales of hay or silage, which "ruins the quality".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

With the hip replacements, he’s limber enough to climb into the large machinery needed to harvest crops, spray pesticides, plant seeds and move hay bales that weigh roughly 1,000 pounds each.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

There are stacks of hay bales around meant for sheep to eat, now left unused in the yard of the farm and soon to rot.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Look up and you might see a wagon filled with hay bales or a thick wooden staircase.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

And new bales of cotton kept arriving on the wharves at Alexandria every day.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller