eHay Weekly Offers New Editor, Design
Watch for a new editor, new focus and a new look for eHay Weekly, the online weekly newsletter from Hay & Forage Grower magazine. The newsletter, in its sixth year of publication, provides weekly production...
New Flail Conditioner Is Built For Grass-Type Hay
A new flail conditioning system has been designed and built for customers growing grass-type hay, says Krista Knigge, Case IH hay and forage products marketing manager...
Winterhardy Hairy Vetch Available For Northern U.S.
The first winterhardy, early flowering vetch variety for the northern U.S. has been released by the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Vetch is a cover crop and ...
Roundup Ready Alfalfa Can Be Grown Only For Research
Commercial hay growers will not be allowed to plant Roundup Ready alfalfa under permit this coming spring as was reported in Iowa earlier this month. That’s according to Tom Sim, director of the Biotechnology Regulatory Services’ Regulatory Operations Program under USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
Growers Can Tag Roundup Ready Alfalfa By Lot
Alfalfa industry objections to tagging Roundup Ready alfalfa bales individually after a court order reversed the deregulation of the crop have led to additional options in identification requirements. Growers can now identify genetically modified alfalfa by lot...
Got Fire Ants? Beware Where You Market Your Hay
Because of hay shortages and increased hay movement, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has stepped up its enforcement of a federal quarantine to prevent the spread of fire ants
That means growers in fire-ant-quarantined areas who have hay for sale must be sure to sell only to buyers in other quarantined counties or states...
Versatile Teff Performs Well In Pennsylvania, Specialist Says
An Ethiopian summer-annual grass called teff could be a valuable asset to Pennsylvania growers, says Marvin Hall, Penn State extension forage specialist. He’s optimistic that teff can be grown in the state as successfully as other summer-annual grass...
North Dakotan Nominated U.S. Ag Secretary
President Bush has nominated Edward Schafer as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Schafer, former two-term North Dakota governor, would replace Mike Johanns, who resigned as agriculture secretary in September to run for the Senate seat...
Arkansas Grower Recognizes ‘Sale’ As Possible Scam
Twenty-three-year-old Judson Lindsey has been saving and scrimping to build up his own farm near Camden, AR. This year he had some extra hay for sale. So, having read about the Arkansas Hay Directory on hayandforage.com, he listed his hay – using his email address as contact information.
That email address was enough for two possible hay scammers to reach the young farmer...
Kentucky Governor Expedites Hay Deliveries
To help farmers survive Kentucky’s exceptional drought conditions, Gov. Ernie Fletcher issued an executive order directing the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to waive all fees normally associated with intrastate and interstate transportation of agricultural relief supplies...
Magazine Web Site Offers More Forage-Related Info
Hay & Forage Grower’s newly redesigned Web site – hayandforage.com – offers the latest in forage-related information in an easy-to-find format. It boasts of one-stop information on hay, silage, grazing, forage testing, forage equipment, marketing and other forage-related topics...
Growing Switchgrass As A Biofuel
The University of Tennessee (UT) has published a how-to guide on growing switchgrass for ethanol fuel in an effort to educate growers and consumers...
Drought-Stressed Corn Chopped As Silage Still Has Energy
Corn that didn’t get the moisture to develop ears can be chopped for silage and lose only 10-25% of its energy, says Joe Lauer, extension corn agronomist...
Forage Superbowl Deadline Is Sept. 6
Entries in the 2007 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl are due at AgSource Soil and Forage Laboratory, Bonduel, WI, by Sept. 6. ...
Early Silage Corn Harvest Likely In Wisconsin, Minnesota
Silage corn harvest may be two weeks early this year in much of Wisconsin and possibly Minnesota, says Joe Lauer, University of Wisconsin extension corn agronomist...
Judge Amends Roundup Ready Alfalfa Ruling
Roundup Ready alfalfa hay doesn't have to be stored in containers, and must be labeled only if it leaves the farm where it was grown. Equipment must be cleaned...
Beware Of Hoary Alyssum In Horse Hay
Georgia horse owners are urged to check alfalfa hay for a toxic weed and to consult with their veterinarians if their animals get sick. Tommy Irvin, the state’s ag commissioner, says the weed has been found in some alfalfa from the Upper Midwest...
Summer Brings Hay Bale Toss Events
Opportunities to throw hay bales and raise funds for the Southeastern Minnesota Forage Council will be available at three southern Minnesota events this summer...
AFGC Names Officers, Award Winners
Gary Pederson, a USDA-ARS researcher at Griffin, GA, was elected president of the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) during its recent annual conference ...
Virginia Grower Tops National Hay Show
Joe Carbaugh, Stephens City, VA, was a big winner in the National Hay Show held in conjunction with the American Forage and Grassland Council’s annual conference in State College, PA...
2008 National Alfalfa Symposium
Hay & Forage Grower® today announced an agreement with the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (N.A.M.A.) to hold the 2008 National Alfalfa Symposium in conjunction with the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in Kearney, Neb...
Alfalfa Has Much To Offer
Don’t give up on alfalfa because it suffered winterkill. Alfalfa has too much to offer, say Paul Peterson and Dan Undersander, extension forage specialists...
Endophytes Hold Key To Improved Forages
A new tall-fescue variety containing a beneficial or friendly endophyte should be released in 2009 by the Noble Foundation, says Joe Bouton of its Forage Improvement Division in Ardmore, CA...
Unlocking Bioenergy In Switchgrass
Using genetic "snapshots" of switchgrass, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborating scientists are gaining new insight into how this warm-season perennial plant could...
Book On Raising Meat Goats Available
With increasing demand for goat meat comes a book telling the basics of selecting a breed and buying goats to discussing how to handle, house and keep them healthy...
