Battling Shrink With Enclosed Feed Storage
Keeping feed shrink to a minimum on a dairy is always sound strategy, but especially so when feed prices skyrocket (last year) or milk prices tank (this...
Dairy Rations Trend Away From Hay
The amount of alfalfa used in dairy-cow diets is declining, a trend Neal Martin would like to see reversed. Martin, director of the U.S. Dairy Forage...
Balancing Rations In A Down Market
Low milk prices have forced many dairy producers to cut feed costs at the expense of balanced rations, says Bill Sanchez, a technical services director...
Roundup Ready Alfalfa EIS Coming Soon
Roundup Ready alfalfa seed could be back on the market in time for spring 2010 seedings, believes Matt Fanta, trait business manager for Forage Genetics International....
Hay Prices Are Mired In Summer Slump
Hay prices are at seasonal lows, having weakened slightly from those reported in May and running well below year-ago levels in most areas. In a few states,...
Bale Liner is More Than A Baling Band-Aid
About 15 years ago, Leland Driggs was fed up with all the problems inherent in baling square bales breakdowns, knotter issues and broken bales, leaf loss...
Grass-Fed Beef Business Booms
Todd Churchill needs more producers to finish cattle on organic grass pastures so he can meet the burgeoning demand for his premium-priced beef. Sales...
Interseeded Annual Legumes Improve Bermuda Pastures
Interseeding annual legumes into bermudagrass pastures showed good economic potential in a first-year trial at The Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK. The...
Custom Bale Conversion Business Caters To Customers
An Elgin, OK, hay marketer hopes to create a kind of fast-food chain for livestock by expanding its sister company appropriately called McHay which converts...
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...
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