Apr 21, 2009
A farm Web site is one of the tools Michigan hay grower Gary Carmichael is using to link up with potential buyers. "We've used a variety of traditional advertising tools over the years with varying degrees of success," says Carmichael, of Evart. "Now, as a society, we're gradually moving to a new generation of people who go to the Web first for their communication needs."
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Apr 14, 2009
Don’t be timid when it comes to asking customers to fill out credit applications, advises George Twohig, a Chilton, WI, attorney specializing in agricultural law.
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Apr 7, 2009
Improper seeding depth is the No. 1 cause of establishment failures in forages, according to Penn State University extension forage specialist Marvin Hall. “If seeding depth isn’t correct, you might as well not bother to plant,” he says....
Mar 31, 2009,
by Fae Holine, Managing Editor, Hay and Forage Grower
Central Illinois alfalfa growers may see a lot of winter damage in fields this spring. Growers near Bloomington to Galesburg to parts north are finding heaving in alfalfa stands usually three to four years old, says Kevin Black, an agronomist with Growmark/FS based in Bloomington....
Mar 24, 2009
With more and more people in rural areas using the Internet to conduct business (see Numbers Of Note, March 10 issue), hay growers need to be open to new ways of advertising and marketing their products, says Don Brown, Jr., a hay grower and hay and straw dealer from Davis, IL. Brown is also president of the Illinois Forage and Grassland Council.
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Mar 10, 2009,
by Rick Mooney, eHay Weekly Editor
Prices for high-quality organic hay are holding up in some parts of the country. But demand for lower-quality product is out-and-out sluggish. ...
Mar 3, 2009,
by Fae Holin, Managing Editor, Hay & Forage Grower
Cellulosic ethanol is being hailed as the biofuel that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90%, reduce U.S. dependence of foreign oil and won’t take prime ag land away from food production.
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Feb 24, 2009
As commodity-price volatility continues to increase, growers need to get back to marketing basics, said Kevin Bernhardt, extension farm management ...
Feb 17, 2009
Livestock producers in drought-stricken north-central Texas got a little relief from a 1” rainfall early last week. But more moisture is definitely needed ...
Feb 10, 2009
Slumping milk prices (see item below) are putting a lid on hay prices at quality-tested hay auctions in the Upper Midwest as winter progresses.
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Feb 3, 2009,
by Neil Tietz, Editor, Hay & Forage Grower
The Roundup Ready trait is a potential weed management tool for Midwestern alfalfa growers, but other potential products of genetic engineering may have a greater impact on the crop’s profitability....
Jan 27, 2009
Profit is the name of the game in most business ventures, of course. But sometimes business owners have to forego short-term profits to meet long-term goals.
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Jan 20, 2009
Like many of his extension counterparts around the country, University of Kentucky forage specialist Ray Smith has been getting lots of phone calls in ...
Jan 13, 2009
After increasing for six consecutive years, U.S. fertilizer prices are finally beginning to fall at the wholesale level, according to a recent report by the ...
Dec 16, 2008
California alfalfa growers will continue to see lower hay prices and an abundance of fair-quality hay this winter and spring, predicted ...
