Hay & Forage Grower

Hay & Forage Grower February 2012 Issue

 

This Issue's Focus:

  • Harvest & Handling Tools
  • Safer Tall Fescues
  • Two Tools In One
  • High Hay Prices
  • La Nina Hangs On

Features

  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Fighting Tall Fescue Toxicity

    Forage specialist John Jennings surveyed Arkansas producers and found interest was slowly increasing toward adding novel-endophyte tall fescues into endophyte-infected pastures....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Novel-Endophyte Fescues Unveiled

    Company representatives tell what's new in the way of novel-endopyhte tall fescues....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Wheel Rake Operates Between Tractor And Baler

    This flexible, behind-the-baler rake handles hay gently, says the grower who created it....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Combine-Head Add-On Windrows Corn Stover

    This combine-head attachment chops stover and puts it in windrows while the grain is being harvested, with the husks and cobs falling out of the combine being placed on top....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    High Hay Prices Will Persist

    “(Hay) prices will hold closer to this year’s levels once we get into the 2012 new crop than to the price levels we saw in 2010,” says South Dakota State University ag economist Matt Diersen....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Winterkill Worries

    Warm winter, lack of snow puts Midwestern alfalfa in peril....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    La Niña Hangs On

    Whether the coming growing season turns out to be a repeat of last year’s largely depends on how long this La Niña hangs around....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Prepare For Drought While It’s Wet

    Ranchers can prepare for drought well ahead of the event to minimize its impact on land and finances....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Snaplage Works As Dairy Feed

    “We’ve had a lot of questions from dairy cattle feeders and some custom operators about whether this (snaplage) is a good fit,” says Randy Shaver, University of Wisconsin Extension dairy nutritionist....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Shredded Corn Silage Increases Milk Production 1

    Shredlage appears to produce more milk than traditional corn silage, according to a recent University of Wisconsin feeding trial....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Grading Grass

    Grass production may become a new agricultural wave in southeastern South Dakota if a five-year research project yields positive results. Since 2008, South Dakota State University (SDSU) researchers have been growing, harvesting and grazing native grasses on 650 acres near Colman. The land is leased by EcoSun Prairie Farms, a non-profit corporation established to demonstrate the economic and ecological benefits of converting cropland to grass production on some of the area’s most productive soils....More

Here's What We Think

  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Editorial: Fight Now For Forage Funding

    It’s not uncommon to go to a forage meeting these days and find that one more research or Extension forage specialist retired and the position was left unfilled. Or to hear of forage research that is needed, but because of lack of funds and staff, not begun. And now, 10 USDA ag research stations, as well as personnel, are being abandoned. Six of those stations, I’ve been told by a USDA employee, conduct forage or livestock research....More

Extension Expertise

Industry News

Research In Brief

  • Feb. 10, 2012
    Article

    Controlling Horsenettle Effectively

    Louisiana State University researchers studied just which herbicides best-controlled horsenettle in pastures and hayfields....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
    Article

    Ryegrass Needs Balanced Nutrients

    Apply a balance of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (N-P-K) in annual ryegrass, says Rocky Lemus, Extension researcher, Mississippi State University....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
    Article

    Toxic Fescue Hurts Cattle Conception Rates

    Research shows that taking cattle off toxic fescue and onto novel-endophyte fescue around breeding time will increase conception rates....More

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