Hallsville High senior Tucker Soules has won awards in Houston, San Antonio and Austin for his self-loading hay trailer.

Soules’ trailer loads round bales without the use of a big tractor. “It’s a whole lot more time efficient and a whole lot faster too,” Soules said.

“We usually buy bales — the big, round bales,” Ward said ... bank at the sanctuary for ongoing needs. A typical trailer load of hay holds about 750 to 780 bales, worth about $7,000 a ...