Intensive Analysis
Harlan Anderson doubts that grid soil sampling would be profitable for his farm. So, four years ago, he asked his crop consultant to try a different approach....
Preservatives Pay
When hay won't field-dry below 18% moisture, most experts say to apply a preservative. Choose one that's high in propionic acid, they advise, and read...
Repackaging For Pay
The folks at Mohrfield Farms didn't intend to become custom operators when they bought a machine that slices and reties big bales. But commercial hay...
Hoops For Hay
If you're in the market for hay storage, there's a relatively new option to consider: the hoop barn, a steel-framed, fabric-covered building. Hoop barns...
Safeguard Your Hay
When it comes to livestock and toxins in hay, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That's the advice of Birgit Puschner, veterinary toxicologist...
Tons Of Teff
If you're looking for a good one-year forage crop to work into an alfalfa rotation, the ancient and somewhat exotic grass called teff may be worth a look....
Physical Education
After lifting several dozen bales onto a hay wagon one hot and humid afternoon last August, Jeffery Bedwell paused and wiped the sweat from his face....
Going The Extra Mile
Like clockwork, three trucks loaded with hay depart from Johnny Granstrom's Holstein, NE, farm Monday mornings, head east and return Friday afternoons....
Mounds Of Trouble
Red imported fire ants are marching toward the Pacific Northwest. Actually, it's more like they're hitching rides hay rides, that is. I think hay is one...
Grow Cattle And Trees Together
Trees often are left in cattle pastures for shade and beauty, but research has shown that they can be planted there as a second crop without hindering the first....
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