Hay
Noble Foundation Takes Top 10 Ranking In National Survey
For the second consecutive year, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, known to hay growers for its valuable forage research, has ranked as one of the top 10 scientific institutions for academic faculty in the U.S...
Rain Doesn’t Hinder This Hay Processor
Wet, cool weather made it a tough year for hay growers trying to put up quality hay in the northeastern U.S. But the weird and whacky weather also made it an almost ideal year for one company to use a new processing system that turns standing forages into dry hay in about four hours. ...
Alfalfa Hay
Alfalfa Seed Sales Down 20%,
Reports Land O'Lakes
Its year-to-date alfalfa seed sales are down 20%, reports Land O'Lakes, Inc., in its third-quarter financial statement. The farmer-owned cooperative's seed business in general reports a third-quarterIts year-to-date alfalfa seed sales are down 20%, reports Land O'Lakes, Inc., in its third-quarter financial statement. The farmer-owned cooperative's seed business in general reports a third-quarter...
Appeal On Roundup Ready Alfalfa Ban Is Made To Supreme Court
Monsanto, Forage Genetics and two alfalfa growers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision to deregulate and disallow the planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa until an Environmental Impact Statement has been conducted and reviewed...
Rain Doesn’t Hinder This Hay Processor
Wet, cool weather made it a tough year for hay growers trying to put up quality hay in the northeastern U.S. But the weird and whacky weather also made it an almost ideal year for one company to use a new processing system that turns standing forages into dry hay in about four hours. ...
Grass Hay
Seeded Bermuda Does Well In Virginia
In Virginia Polytechnic Institute research, seeded bermudagrass varieties established quickly, produced a significant amount of forage the seeding year...
Switchgrass Under Pivot
When forage agronomist Steve Fransen began looking at growing switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production, he quickly concluded that much of the research...
Will Seeding Grass With Alfalfa Pay?
Seeding grasses with alfalfa provides better cover management and reduces erosion, said Tom Cox, University of Wisconsin (UW) ag economist. The question...
Other Forages
Check Water Regime When Picking Varieties
When choosing summer-annual forage varieties based solely on yield, it's okay to use data from dryland research, even if the crop will be irrigated. But...
Forage Kochia Excels In Winter Pasture Study
Adding perennial forage kochia to traditional winter pastures significantly increased their productivity in a Utah State University study. Forage kochia...
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...
