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Hay & Forage Grower May 2012 Issue

This Issue's Focus:

  • Detoxing Tall Fescue
  • Tracking Trailblazers
  • Oats Fill Forage Void
  • Chinese Want U.S. Hay
  • Hay Logs For Heating

FEATURES

  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Taking The Toxic Out Of Tall Fescue

    Darrel Franson’s 60-cow beef herd is healthier and more profitable now that he’s converted his 112 acres of pasture from toxic Kentucky 31 to novel-endophyte tall fescue. His calf weight gains average 2.65 lbs/day, up from 2 lbs, while weaning rates moved from 80% to 90%. Fall-calving conception rates increased, too....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Don’t Give Your Cattle More Than They Can Chew, Says Grazier

    When Darrel Franson set up his grazing system in 1994, he rotated cows on five-acre cells of forage just at vegetative stage. He calculated they’d have enough to eat for five days....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Tracking Forage-Equipment Trailblazers

    Self-propelled big square balers will soon be on the market for the first time, thanks in large part to Gary Kelderman of Kelderman Manufacturing, Oskaloosa, IA....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Bales-Within-Bale Machine More Popular In Europe

    Innovative equipment doesn’t always make a big splash everywhere, even when invented by major manufacturers. Such is the case with Krone’s 1270 Big Pack baler with MultiBale option....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Fill Forage Void With Summer-Planted Oats

    Pete Kappelman googled to find a small grain he could drill into last summer’s winter wheat stubble and use as silage at his Two Rivers, WI, dairy....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Fall Oats Doublecrop Has Unique Qualities

    It takes fast germination and decent harvest weather, but a fall oats doublecrop in central Wisconsin can yield well and give good digestibility, says Wayne Coblentz, USDA-ARS research agronomist and dairy scientist at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center. Coblentz and colleagues studied the viability of planting oats in late summer for use as a fall emergency forage....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Forage Sorghums To The Rescue

    Forage sorghums can help provide feed in regions short on forage after last year’s droughts, say university agronomists from Pennsylvania and Texas. Greg Roth urges south-central Pennsylvania dairy producers to consider doublecropping brown midrib (BMR) forage sorghums – after first-cut hay or small-grain silage – on ground some are currently putting to silage corn....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Corn Vs. Forage Sorghum

    Here’s a quick guide to the differences between corn and forage sorghum, courtesy of Brent Bean, Texas AgriLife Extension agronomist, and colleagues....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Why The Chinese Want Our Hay

    Demand for U.S. alfalfa hay in China is likely to remain strong for some time to come. So says a representative of a company hired to help that country’s dairy industry become efficient. “There is definitely a need for high-quality alfalfa and other feeds in China. Chinese producers are very happy with the quality of U.S. hay,” says James Su Hao, co-founder and general manager of East Rock Ltd. The company comprises six dairy-related businesses in the U.S. and Canada that want a part in developing Chinese dairies....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Hay Prices Likely High But Not Higher

    All-hay and alfalfa prices are likely to soften a tad this year from record-setting levels. But they’ll stay plenty high by historical standards, according to hay market watchers like Matt Diersen, ag economist with South Dakota State University Extension....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Magazine Retains And Gains Experience

    Like many farmers and University Extension specialists these days, some editors just can’t seem to call it quits. And that’s fortunate for Hay & Forage Grower, whose former editor, Neil Tietz, has agreed to keep his hands on the keyboard as a feature writer for the magazine....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    A Burning Market For Rained-On Hay 1

    Most hay growers have felt the frustration of seeing rainy weather render a high-quality crop virtually useless as animal feed. But Peter Bragdon, Vassalboro, ME, thinks he might have a marketable use for such low-quality material: making “hay logs” that can burn in wood stoves, furnaces or even campfires....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Fortifying Silage Fermentation

    The return on investing in silage inoculants could be higher than usual this year, suggests Rich Muck....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Tips On Buying, Using Silage Additives

    If you’re going to use a silage inoculant, ask manufacturers for research data before buying, suggests Rich Muck, USDA-ARS ag engineer....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Testing Moisture For Quality Hay

    Clayton Geralds marvels when another grower can just touch and smell hay to figure out whether it’s ready to bale....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Forage Superbowl Vet Learns By Competing

    Paul Peterson always checks the nutrient analyses of top-finishing World Forage Analysis Superbowl entries....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Cash Prizes Offered In Forage Superbowl

    More than $22,000 is expected to be awarded in the 2012 World Forage Analysis Superbowl, set to culminate at World Dairy Expo, Oct. 2-6, in Madison, WI....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    This Town Has A Hay Day

    To unwind after a long, often-hectic, winter auction season – that’s always the goal of organizers of the long-standing, annual Hay Day celebration in Rock Valley, IA....More

EDITORIAL

  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Editorial: Slow Down And Stay Safe

    It’s not exaggerating to say my brothers and I were raised in a barn – and out in the field. Hay bales were our playpens as our parents milked cows or fed hogs and we played and fought together at end rows while they planted or baled, trying to keep us safe in not-so-safe environments. As we grew, our folks showed us how to milk cows, feed hogs and bale hay as safely as they knew how. Even so, we just didn’t have the knowledge base they had, and, consequently, have the scars and stories to prove that....More

RESEARCH IN BRIEF

  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Corn-Forage Sorghum Mixes Can Blunt Drought’s Impact

    Planting forage sorghum with silage corn can reduce the risk of low silage yields in years with below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures, says Chris Teutsch, Virginia Tech forage specialist...More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Cut Forage Soybean Seeding Rates

    Soybean plants have a remarkable ability to fill empty spaces, so maximum yield can be achieved with a minimum amount of seed, say researchers at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. But they point out that low seeding rates result in thicker stems, reducing quality....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    RR, Non-RR Alfalfa Are Equal, Study Shows

    Roundup Ready and conventional alfalfa delivered equal yield and quality across planting dates and cutting schedules in a Penn State University trial....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Forage-Testing Group Honors Neal Martin

    Neal Martin, director of the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI, recently received the first-ever John S. Shenk Memorial Award for 20 years of service to the NIRS Forage and Feed Testing Consortium (NIRSC)....More

HAY MARKET UPDATE

  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    New-Crop Hay Prices Soften

    Prices for high-quality hay are mostly in a holding pattern as the winter feeding period ends....More
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