Bill Regan of Regancrest Farms, talks about Farm Progress Hay Expo, June 19-20, in an interview with Fae Holin, Editor of Hay & Forage Grower, a co-sponsor of the event....More
Some of the finest farms in Virginia hosted university researchers, company representatives and producers during a May tour offered by the American Forage & Grassland Council.
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.
