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Bluegrass Damages Michigan Alfalfa-Timothy Fields

An aggressive perennial weed called roughstalk bluegrass (pictured) is overtaking alfalfa-timothy fields in primarily the middle and thumb regions of Michigan, according to Wes Everman, weed scientist at Michigan State University. “I’d never heard of it before the last few weeks...

Dairy Program To Cull Almost 103,000 Cows

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) tentatively accepted 388 bids representing 102,898 dairy cows and 2 billion pounds of milk production capacity in the first of a series of herd retirements planned over the next 12 months. That represents the largest single herd retirement carried out in the six-year history of CWT, a producer-funded national program developed by National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)...

Urgent: First-Cutting Hay Could Be Moldy, Specialists Warn

Watch for mold in this season’s first-cutting hay, say forage specialists from around the country. Mold in hay can cause dry-matter and total digestible nutrient (TDN) losses, spontaneous combustion and hay fires and may produce mycotoxins that can, among other things, reduce animal intake and growth...

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Bilked Hay Grower Turns To Credit Cards

Commercial hay grower Barclay Lutz recently bought a Visa and MasterCard payment terminal for his office. From now on, new ...

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Hay Acreage Ups & Downs

Hay growers in Oklahoma expect to harvest 240,000 more hay acres this year than in 2008, while Texas growers say they'll reduce hay production by 130,000...

What's This Alfalfa Worth?

Determining a fair price for standing alfalfa hay can be a complex process. Year-to-year changes in hay prices and yields, and different values for various...

Worried About Worms

California alfalfa growers af-fected by this spring's stem nematode outbreak should be careful to avoid spreading the microscopic worms to non-infested...

A Break From Weather

No doubt about it: Traipsing around an auction yard on a cold, windy winter day to examine a load of hay or straw before making a bid is no fun...

Grazing On The Wedge

A good rotational grazing system for a grass-based dairy or beef herd continually keeps livestock on the best pasture available. Cows graze one paddock...

 

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