After a quarter century of few, if any, significant changes to the small-square baler market, yet another high-capacity, so-called double baler is now available. Kubota Tractor Corporation entered the

Stockpiling forage is a proven way to extend the grazing season through the fall and into the winter. Doing so also saves on hay-feeding costs and prevents mud and ruts that would otherwise form

Winter cereals serve the role of utility player for supporting the production of meat and milk. Planted in the fall, they can be grazed in late fall and/or spring, harvested as silage, or simply termi

Fast-growing spring forages have always been a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that cattle can switch to getting their primary nutrition from pasture rather than stored feeds and their associate

For many people in the dairy industry, the phase-out of brown midrib (BMR) corn is akin to losing the four-wheel drive option in a pickup truck. Sure, the pickup will go most places, but there will be

Below-freezing temperatures, negative windchills, and winter storm warnings don’t exactly spell “spring,” nor do those conditions bode well for spring calving season. In addition to inclement

Alfalfa has long held a tenuous position in the grazing world. Many pasture enthusiasts want nothing to do with it. Others may include it in paddocks at a low density. Finally, there is a minisc

Jeff Lehmkuhler has helped guide beef farmers for two and half decades, but he’s never seen lower hay quality than what he witnessed in 2025. The University of Kentucky extension beef speciali

By now, most New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned unless, like me, you’ve resolved to never again order the liver and brussels sprouts special at the local diner. Farm business resoluti

With the holiday festivities in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look ahead toward the upcoming growing season. For graziers, one of the first calls to duty is frost seeding clovers into perennial

The USDA makes its assessment of dry-hay stocks in May and December of each year. During 2023 and 2024, hay stocks skyrocketed from the record-low level reached in December 2022 and helped cause

The winter months are often reserved for machinery maintenance and repairs, but even in the offseason, some of those to-do list tasks get pushed to the back burner. Spring planting season tends to sne

We spend a lot of time in life finding the “right match.” That match could be a person, place, or thing. When something doesn’t work out, people often say, “It just wasn’t

Despite the volume of corn residue leftover after grain harvest and the potential quality of that forage, cornstalk grazing is not as widely practiced as it ought to be. Those who do utilize cornstalk

Another year in the books marks our annual wrap-up of weekly hay and forage coverage. We’ve compiled the top 10 most-clicked eHay Weekly articles from the past 12 months in the order of when they

There are essentially as many solutions to rotational grazing as there are pastures to graze in. These solutions can vary by forage species, stocking rate, pasture topography, and time of year. The co

While during any television broadcast of our local Milwaukee Brewers, the pitcher inevitably throws a neck-high fastball over the plate. Often, the batter unloads on such a pitch but misses by a foot

Heifers aren’t usually analyzed for feed efficiency on forage, but a study at Oklahoma State University (OSU) shows high forage efficiency early in life could foreshadow long-term production potenti

Farmers remember the sting of high fertilizer prices in 2022 and the bite that expense took out of their budgets. Fortunately, fertilizer prices have dropped drastically since that steep peak — but

Now that farmers have shifted from harvesting forage and grazing pastures to selling and feeding hay, forage analysis should be critical to marketing and purchasing decisions. But not all sellers and