An apparatus for use in farming and ranching for handling square hay bales. The farming apparatus is generally attached to a lift vehicle, and includes divider plates and divider walls removably attached underneath a frame body to define accumulation bays. The farming apparatus is moved around a field where square hay bales lie to scoop the hay bales into the accumulation bays in a predetermined arrangement. When the bays are full, a plurality of grapple hooks are rotated into the hay bales to hold them in place within the farming apparatus. The hay bales are then carried and placed atop a trailer or truck, and released from the farming apparatus by disengaging the grapple hooks. For offloading, the divider plates and divider walls are removed from the frame body and the process is generally reversed to remove bales from the trailer and move them to storage or another location.
