How Are You Handling High Fuel, Fertilizer Costs?
With prices for fuel and fertilizer spiking, growers are looking for ways to save. What’s working ...
Low-Desert Alfalfa Herbicide Research Results Are Available
The effectiveness of herbicides, including Prowl H20, Velpar and AlfaMax Gold, for use in low-desert alfalfa and wheat fields, has been evaluated by ...
Insect Update
Increased spraying for alfalfa weevils in Michigan may be dampening the impact of wasps that provide biocontrol, says Christina DiFonzo, Michigan ...
State Report
Hay prices are high in California, but water concerns and high grain prices mean hay acres actually ...
Tennessee Beef, Forage Field Day Is June 12
Cost-share programs and best management practices for cattle operations will be main topics at the 2008 Beef and Forage Field Day, June 12, at ...
Oklahoma Calls For Custom Wheat Harvesters
Custom grain harvesters appear to be in short supply in Oklahoma. So the Oklahoma agriculture department ...
Weed-Seed-Free Hay Rules:
Are They Enforced?
If national parks would enforce requirements that only certified noxious weed-seed-free hay be fed horses while on those lands, hay growers may actually ...
Know How Hay Preservatives Work
Preservatives can help growers make good hay at higher moisture levels, but correct management is needed to keep that hay in good shape, says Bruce Anderson...
Use Correct Preservative Rates
Propionic acid is effective in inhibiting growth of molds, yeast and bacteria in hay, and buffered products are as effective as non-buffered, according ...
Fact Sheet Helps Price Standing Forage
A University of Wisconsin fact sheet can help growers determine prices for standing forages. Sales of standing forage require agreement on price and a method of determining yield, whether it’s sold by the...
Insect Update
Alfalfa weevils are on the move in Missouri, according to the University of Missouri. Problems had previously been reported in the southern part ...
State & Regional Reports
“Forages are slow off the start in Alberta; cold weather and a pretty major snowstorm put us off target by ...
South Dakota Sets Forage Risk Planning Workshops
Risk planning workshops for forage producers are set for White River, Isabel and Belle Fourche, SD, in late May. The workshops can help forage and cattle producers with rangeland or hayland learn about ...
Forage Testing: Does It Work For You?
The accuracy and variability of forage test results have long been debated among growers, dairymen and forage analysis labs. Last fall, two university ...
Weed-Seed-Free Straw Market Beats Hay
Today, there's little market potential for certified noxious weed-seed-free hay in the Midwest. It’s something that ...
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