May 1, 2007
Hay Market Update
Late Frost Freezes Hay Prices
Hay prices usually have softened by late April as the new harvest picks up steam. But this year they're holding mostly steady compared with month-earlier...
Product Review
Product Review
New Holland's 2353 Discbine disc header for the HW 5 Series Speedrower self-propelled windrowers delivers a 13' cutting width, especially...
Features
Residue To Residence
Within 10 years, crop residue may be harvested - and processed - in the field for use as building material. StrawJet, a production system developed by...
Savvy Selling
Will Hatcher and J.J. Granstrom have a lot in common. Both are partners with their dads in successful commercial hay operations. Both say that honesty...
Great Year For Grass
It looks like the supply of dairy-quality alfalfa hay will remain tight as a drum through next winter, despite USDA's prediction that hay acreage will...
Freeze May Help, Hurt Hay Supply
The cold snap that froze back crops over much of the country's midsection on Easter weekend may have both negative and positive impacts on hay production....
Best & Worst Silage
Baleage can be top-quality forage, but there's less room for error than with chopped silage, says Les Vough. Some of the best silage I have seen has come...
Ward Off Disputes
Hay growers and buyers can avoid disputes over forage quality by having one lab test three eight-core samples from the same stack...
More From Less
When their Florida dairy partnership dissolved, it seemed like the right time for Al and Desiree Wehner to shed the stress of milking 1,100 cows, managing...
Four-State Dairy Nutrition Conference Is June 13-14
The Four-State Dairy Nutrition & Management Conference, representing Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, will be held June 13-14...
Throwing Bales For Fun
Gayland Jones was skeptical of the hay-bale toss idea the minute he heard of it. It's hard to imagine people paying money to throw bales around, says...
Starting Dry
As the 2007 growing season gets under way, hay growers and livestock producers in different parts of the country find themselves dealing with varying degrees of drought...
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Research in Brief
The following items report on forage-related research recently presented by University experts at meetings across the country.
