Directory Lists Colorado Hay For Sale

The 2010 edition of the Colorado Hay Directory is available to the public at no cost. “Hay is one of Colorado’s top crops, with nearly five million tons produced in 2009,” says Wendy White, marketing specialist for the Colorado Department of Agriculture...

Distillers Grains Can Rescue Poor Hay

Byproduct feeds from ethanol plants offer beef producers a way to supplement bad hay being baled for winter feed this year, says Chris Zumbrunnen, University of Missouri Extension regional livestock specialist ...

Fall Cutting Decision Is Balancing Act

Alfalfa growers have to balance the need for tonnage, forage quality and winter survival when deciding whether to take a late cutting, say Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Bill Bland, Extension climatologist...

Slugs Hit Seedling Alfalfa In Wisconsin

Slugs have stripped the leaves from alfalfa seedlings under an oat-pea cover crop in Marathon County, WI, report Dan Undersander University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Eileen Cullen, Extension entomologist...

Keep Blister Beetles Out Of Hay

A few precautions can help prevent blister beetle contamination of hay and avoid sickness or death in horses that eat it, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...

Now’s The Time For Summer Seedings

Whether establishing new stands or seeding bare or thin spots in fields seeded earlier this year, this is the prime time frame for late-summer seeding of forage crops...

Arkansas Bermudagrass Logs 10th Win

For the 10th consecutive year, bermudagrass hay from Benton County, AR, has won its class in the American Forage and Grassland Council’s (AFGC) National Hay Show...

Dry Hay As Fast As Possible

The risk of rain damage to curing hay is substantial, points out J.W. Schroeder, North Dakota State University Extension dairy specialist...

Making Sweet Clover A Friend

Many people consider sweet clover, which shows up naturally in Nebraska pastures each year, a weed. Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist, suggests how to make it a welcome grassland addition...

Make Hay, Silage From Hailed-On Wheat

Northern Ohio wheat damaged by hail last weekend will make high-quality hay or silage if har-vested in the boot to early head-emergence stage...

Filling In The Gap

by Tanner Ehmke and Fae Holin

They only started grazing turnips as part of Michigan State University research in 2006. But the brassica offers enough benefits that it has remained a part of their dairy’s forage rotation...