October Prices: Hay Down, Milk Up, With More Herd Cuts
Although hay prices have lost more ground the past month, dairy prices are starting to show some improvement – which may give hay growers hope for the same...
Western Alfalfa Conference Will Be Dec. 2-4 In Reno
The aim of the Dec. 2-4 Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference: To help alfalfa producers improve profitability. Besides a grower panel on how to market...
Calendar
Nov. 18-19: McCook Farm And Ranch Expo, Red Willow County Fairgrounds, McCook, NE. Visit mccookfarmandranchexpo.net or call 866-685-0989. Dec. 1-2: Manitoba...
Superbowl Winner Is Committed To Corn Silage
When David Dickey was invited to Madison, WI, to be honored on Sept. 30 as overall winner in the 2009 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl, his nutritionist...
Hay Prices Hold At Low Levels
In a few states, prices for high-quality alfalfa hay have moved up or down slightly in recent weeks. But overall they're holding mostly steady at below-normal...
Brumfield New NHA President
David Brumfield of Brumfield Hay & Grain, Lexington, KY, was named president of the National Hay Association in September at the organization's annual...
Grazing Lands Conference Set For Dec. 13-16
Producers and grazing management experts for all species of livestock from across the country will be speaking at the Dec. 13-16 National Conference on...
Dairyland Seed Launches New Web Site
Dairyland Seed, West Bend, WI, has redesigned its Web site, www.dairylandseed.com. It features materials on the company's product line, Chicago Board...
Deere Recalls Many Ottumwa Workers
Most of the manufacturing employees laid off at the John Deere Ottumwa Works this past June are being recalled, according to the company. A total of 452 employees will start back to work the end of November, a month before the company's annual holiday shutdown that begins Dec. 23 ...
Watch For Moldy Corn, Warn Illinois, Wisconsin Experts
Because of this fall’s record rainfall and cold weather, Illinois dairy producers should beware of mold and mycotoxins in corn, according to Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois extension dairy specialist...
Reminder: Watch Out For Nitrate Poisoning In Forages And Weeds
This year’s fall rains and clouds following a summer drought could cause nitrate poisoning of livestock – from improved forages or from weeds, says Vanessa Corriher, Texas AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist...
Krone NA Opens Western Headquarters
Krone NA, Inc., will open a Western headquarters in Reno, NV, that will house sales, service and parts staff as well as serve as the sales- and service-training hub for Western Region dealers...
Ag Manufacturing Company
Reports Sales Decline
Agco’s lower sales of tractors under 100 hp and hay products tied to the dairy and cattle sectors, as well as dealer inventory reductions, contributed to a third-quarter North American sales decline of around 31.9%...
Farmers’ Guide To The CSP Now Available
A guide to the new Conservation Stewardship Program has been published by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)...
The New CSP: First Cutoff Deadline Is Sept. 30
The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) offers several improvements over the old Conservation Security Program, including continuous signup with a first program cutoff deadline of Sept. 30....
Soybeans Can Be Salvaged For Hay, Silage
Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska extension forage...
Purdue Forage Day Set For Sept. 17
Controlling weeds, double-cropping forages, bale silage, equipment demonstrations and a hay quality contest will be offered at the Sept. 17 Purdue Forage Day near Cambridge City, IN. Hosts will be Eric and Carrie Miles, who own a 320-acre farm intersecting Wayne, Fayette and Henry...
Shaving Silage Downtime
A new silage facer with no moving parts is drawing strong interest from dairy producers looking to cut maintenance costs and headaches, says a partner...
New Forage Contest Set For World Ag Expo
Forage growers from 11 Western states are invited to compete in a new forage quality contest to be held in conjunction with the Feb. 9-11 World Ag Expo...
Forage Seminars Run The Gamut At World Dairy Expo, Sept. 29-Oct. 3
Reducing phosphorus, evaluating the merits of custom harvesting, and methods of pricing standing hay and corn silage will be some...
World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl Deadline Nears
Enter the annual World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl by Sept. 3 and be eligible to win cash prizes totaling more than $17,000. Winners will be announced at a luncheon during the World Dairy Expo, to be held Sept. 29-Oct. 3 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI...
AFGC Elects Officers, Names Contest Winners
Miles Kuhn of FFR Cooperative, Lafayette, IN, was named new president of the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) during its June annual meeting...
Forage Production May Offer Help in Salvaging Corn
While wind, hail, floods and drought have destroyed the potential for corn harvest in some fields this season, forage production may offer a viable option in salvaging the value of what's left, says University of Nebraska extension forage specialist Bruce Anderson. Grazing may be the simplest option for utilizing the downed corn, he says. “If you have more ruined corn than cattle to consume it, build...
Don’t Replant Damaged Fields To Sorghum-Sudan
To add insult to injury, Wisconsin, Minnesota and northern Iowa growers with hail-damaged cornfields in late July have been advised to grow sorghum-sudangrass as a replacement, says Dan Undersander.
“Don’t,” pleads the extension forage agronomist with the University of Wisconsin...
Bluegrass Damages Michigan Alfalfa-Timothy Fields
An aggressive perennial weed called roughstalk bluegrass (pictured) is overtaking alfalfa-timothy fields in primarily the middle and thumb regions of Michigan, according to Wes Everman, weed scientist at Michigan State University. “I’d never heard of it before the last few weeks...
