Hay
Urgent: First-Cutting Hay Could Be Moldy, Specialists Warn
Watch for mold in this season’s first-cutting hay, say forage specialists from around the country. Mold in hay can cause dry-matter and total digestible nutrient (TDN) losses, spontaneous combustion and hay fires and may produce mycotoxins that can, among other things, reduce animal intake and growth...
Follow-Up Fosters Repeat Hay Business
Making an effort to follow up with customers after you deliver hay is an important step in developing an overall hay marketing strategy, says Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin extension forage agronomist....
Alfalfa Hay
Bluegrass Damages Michigan Alfalfa-Timothy Fields
An aggressive perennial weed called roughstalk bluegrass (pictured) is overtaking alfalfa-timothy fields in primarily the middle and thumb regions of Michigan, according to Wes Everman, weed scientist at Michigan State University. “I’d never heard of it before the last few weeks...
Follow-Up Fosters Repeat Hay Business
Making an effort to follow up with customers after you deliver hay is an important step in developing an overall hay marketing strategy, says Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin extension forage agronomist....
Balance P And K In Alfalfa Fields
A balance of phosphorus and potassium helps keep alfalfa stands healthy, according to recent research at the Throckmorton-Purdue Agricultural Center.
“Alfalfa removes more potassium than any other ...
Grass Hay
Flexible Annual Forage
More and more livestock producers are looking at crabgrass, not as a weed, but as a high-quality summer hay and pasture alternative. The sturdy annual...
A Break From The Weather
No doubt about it: Traipsing around an auction yard on a cold, windy winter day to examine a load of hay or straw before making a bid is no fun. Dealing...
Testing Biofuel Potential Of Other Perennial Grasses
Geneticist William Anderson is looking into how well bermudagrass, napiergrass and bahiagrass would work as biomass crops in Georgia and other Southeastern...
Other Forages
Peas Hold Promise
Fall-seeded peas or lentils could pan out as a profitable grazing crop as well as an economical nitrogen source for a subsequent wheat crop, say Montana...
Stick With Alfalfa, Say Two Agronomists
Sainfoin probably isn't a good choice for growers in Nebraska or Wisconsin, say forage agronomists in the two states. In almost all areas where alfalfa...
What's This Alfalfa Worth?
Determining a fair price for standing alfalfa hay can be a complex process. Year-to-year changes in hay prices and yields, and different values for various...
