November 1, 2008
Hay Market Update
Look In South Dakota For Hay Bargains
Hay prices are lowest in western South Dakota, where premium-quality alfalfa is still available for less than $150/ton. Prices are near or above $200/ton...
Features
The Newest Alfalfas
All but one of the 22 alfalfa varieties being introduced for the 2009 planting season have been reviewed and approved for certification by the National...
Buy Alfalfa Seed Early
Alfalfa seed prices will be higher and the supply tight again this year. So growers should buy seed early and get it delivered earlier than usual, says...
Something's Different!
If you've noticed something new about Hay & Forage Grower, it may be its new coat of paint. The magazine, with nearly 23 years under its belt, now boasts...
Quality Assurance
When a commercial grower loads a truck with hay for his best dairy client, he wants to set lower-quality bales aside and send only his best hay. Identifying...
On-Farm Ethanol
Making ethanol from crops other than corn is more than a theory to Lee McClune. It's reality. The Knoxville, IA, farmer and part-time engineer has worked...
Rewarding And Fun
When Dustin Johnson started his commercial hay business as a teenager, he sold his product door-to-door from his pickup. He doesn't have to do that anymore....
NFTA To Create Blind Sampling Procedures
The National Forage Testing Association (NFTA) is putting a constructive spin on a recent brouhaha over blind-sample testing of selected laboratories....
Greasing The Wheels
Ted Vasko went to last month's World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI, to talk to hay buyers, even though he doesn't yet have hay to sell. I'm hoping to establish...
New NHA President Looks Forward
Expand and move ahead. Those are the succinct goals of Gary Smith, a Mission Hill, SD, grower and new president of the 114-year-old National Hay Association...
New Members For Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Group
The Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (N.A.M.A.) gained 18 new members, a reflection of having a supply of hay that's not quite the quality dairy...
American Forage And Grassland Council Increases Membership
The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) has increased its membership by 21% in the last year, says its president, Bill Tucker of Tucker Family...
Homemade Hitch Links Two Rakes
With diesel fuel selling for close to $4/gallon, it's costly for Kevin Kuhn to use one of his 100-hp tractors to pull a single 9' hay rake. So this Oconee,...
CRP Adds Incentives
Additional payment incentives will be provided through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to eligible ag producers, according to USDA. Included are...
Optimizing Acres
Booming land prices, coupled with fewer acres to rent in his neighborhood, have led Cliff Schuette to develop a forage chain. It lets him graze year-round...
Striking A Balance
With escalating costs, hay growers and dairymen need to produce quality forage as cost-effectively as possible. Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin...
Alfalfa's Top Reserve
Alfalfa is the forage of choice among Upper Midwestern livestock producers, but it doesn't fit every growing or feeding situation. Where it doesn't, a...
Manure Plus Fertilizer Benefits Grasses
A combination of dairy manure and commercial fertilizer brought higher grass yields than either nutrient source alone in a Cornell University study. Fields...
Saving Songbirds
A handful of farmers in the James-town, RI, area are sacrificing forage quality to help songbirds. They're being paid to delay their first hay cuttings...
Super Silage
The corn silage portion of the milking ration at Vreba Hoff Dairy 2, Hudson, MI, is about one-third brown midrib (BMR) corn and two-thirds conventional...
Despite Tornado, Mid-America Alfalfa Expo Set For Feb. 3-4
Tornado damage won't keep the 2009 Mid-America Alfalfa Expo from appearing at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds, says Barb Kinnan, executive director of...
Missouri Symposium Sets Forage Topics
Grazing-related topics will dominate the forage program of the 2008 Missouri Livestock Symposium, to be held Dec. 5-6 in Kirksville. The Dec. 6 program...
Wyoming AgXpo Will Showcase Forages
The general public can hay for its crude protein, relative forage quality and total digestible nutrients at the rather unusual Wyoming AgXpo, Nov. 20-23...
Midwest Forage Symposium Is Jan. 27-28
Grasses, soil fertility, environmental issues and forage options for dairy heifers are just some of the topics planned for the annual Midwest Forage Association...
Product Review
Restyled Tractors, Forage Harvester Models, New Mower, Upgraded Conditioner, Multipurpose Utility Vehicle
Restyled Tractors The Challenger MT700C, MT800C and MT900C Series track and articulated tractors offer comfort, convenience and control. A redesigned...
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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.
