The alfalfa-orchardgrass hay that John Strohfus grows for Strohfus Stock Farm, a horse-boarding facility he owns near Hastings, MN, showed enough winter injury he had to reseed.
Upper Midwestern growers are contending not only with a late, cool spring, but also with having to reseed or plow up alfalfa stands shows moderate to severe winterkill damage. Those who want tonnage fast can seed a mixture of 2 lbs/acre oats with 20 lbs/acre peas.
The following state-by-state reports – with forage and precipitation information highlighted in yellow – were pulled from the Weekly Weather And Crop Bulletin for the week of March 24-30.
The animal-powered stationary hay press was made in 1905, but can still be operated today. The machine now resides at the Pasto Agricultural Museum in Rock Springs, PA.
Drought, high prices and the predicted fiscal cliff. They all combined to create a “perfect storm” for farmers and equipment manufacturers at the beginning of 2013....More
Beautiful shots of forage in the field, the animals that consume them and even people who have spent their professional careers working to increase forage quality were on display at the January American Forage & Grassland Council annual meeting and conference in Covington, KY.
