February 1, 2008
Hay Market Update
Hay Movement Is Low, Prices High
Hay sales activity has been mostly light to moderate in recent weeks, with prices holding steady at very high levels. Demand is outpacing available supply...
Features
High Prices Will Linger
Hay supplies will stay tight into 2009, says economist
Hay supplies will remain tight and prices high at least through spring 2009, predicts Matt Diersen, South Dakota State University ag economist. Diersen...
Premiums For A Price
Growing organic hay adds money, challenges
If you're tempted to grow organic hay to latch onto its price premiums, push a pencil carefully, advises Lou Anderson. It's not a good fit for every grower,...
Millet Works Great For Swath Grazing
Golden German millet seems a good swath-grazing alternative to barley and oats. It's also goose-resistant. If you're tired of predation on your barley...
Partial To Hay
Young Hoosier became a fulltime hay grower after college
When Jeremy Sweeten starts grazing dairy heifers on 25-30 acres of pasture this spring, it'll be his first experience with a farming enterprise other...
Beating The Horse Market
Minnesotans profit from growing alpaca industry
With a little help from Hay& Forage Grower, Butch Cardinal and his family added nearly $40,000 to their commercial hay income last year. I read an article...
World Ag Expo Is Feb. 12-14 In Tulare
The latest in dairy industry information and equipment will be relayed via seminars or exhibited during the Feb. 12-14 World Ag Expo at the International...
Easier Irrigation
New Zealand system gets high marks
Larry Kaseberg moves his irrigation systems while they're operating. He simply dons a raincoat, attaches a hook at the end of each system to the rear...
Comprehensive Program Named A Top Product
Tara Porterfield knew her computer software program was good because she uses it on her own hay operation to manage crop production, inventories, sales...
Family Develops Inventory Aid
Spend more time making hay and less time doing paperwork. That's the slogan the Wood family of Bellwood, NE, uses to promote HayTrack, an inexpensive...
Equipment Explosion
Companies offer many new machines and upgrades for 2008
A wealth of new forage-handling and processing equipment is ready for grower inspection and use this spring. Eighteen hay and forage machinery companies...
Baling Bales
Modified machine packages small bales
High-quality hay in small bales brings big bucks at the barn, but getting it to customers used to be a problem for Jim Toews. After it was in our shed,...
Surveyed Growers Give RR Alfalfa Top Grades
A majority of growers surveyed on the use of Roundup Ready alfalfa gave the transgenic crop an reported Mick Canevari, farm advisor for San Joaquin...
Straw For Sale
Illinois farmer buys, bales and sells 10,000 acres of it
There's no secret formula for developing a successful niche marketing program, says Jeff Fultz. As he sees it, you start by finding a few buyers who need...
Recycled Straw
Racetrack bales and markets used bedding
Pop cans and water bottles aren't the only things collected for recycling at Minnesota's Canterbury Park. The small-grain straw used to bed the racetrack's...
Research In Brief
Dry Distillers Grains Raise Digestibility, Feed Intake
Feeding a dry distillers grains supplement with smooth bromegrass increased total dry matter digestibility and feed intake, according to Iowa State University researchers...
Nitrogen Helps Make Bermudagrass More Digestible
Nitrogen fertilizer can increase bermudagrass digestibility, according to a study by researchers at the USDA-ARS Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA...
Hay Contest Helps Increase Forage Testing, RFQ Scores
A multi-state hay contest can influence growers to use forage tests and help increase relative forage quality (RFQ) scores...
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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.
