Internet Marketing Resources
Don’t have the resources or inclination to develop a Web site of your own to market or advertise your hay? Here are some other Internet options...
Improving Forage Quality
Forage quality begins in the field and ends with maximum animal performance. It's based on the combined effects of plant and animal management, said University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension farm advisor Shannon Mueller, Fresno County...
Forage Contest In Jeopardy
The pressure was intense as the young contestant hesitantly chose the 400 level in the About Alfalfa category and these words flashed onto the screen: At least ___ inches of stubble should be left at the final harvest of alfalfa following a killing frost...
Dairymen Discuss Forage Management
Producer panels on forage production and management, as well as grazing management tips, will be a part of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Business Conference...
Teenage Hay-Making Entrepreneur
In some respects, Scotty Thellman was just like many other students who graduated from high school in Lawrence, KS, last spring...
New-Crop Alfalfa Hay Prices Predicted
Spring California supreme alfalfa hay prices should be $15-25/ton higher than prices of a year earlier, suggests hay market analyst Seth Hoyt, author of the online newsletter, The Hoyt Report...
Final Hearing On RR Alfalfa Draft EIS Is Feb. 24
The fourth and final hearing on the draft environmental impact statement for Roundup Ready alfalfa will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24, rescheduled after a snowstorm hit the East Coast area and shut down the government...
Organic Access To Pasture Rule Is Announced By USDA
A rule clarifying the use of pasture in raising ruminant livestock organically has been announced by USDA...
Handle Silage Safely
In his travels across the U.S., Keith Bolsen has seen a lot of silage. This consultant and retired Kansas State University forage management specialist...
Debating The Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Mark McCaslin and Zelig Golden agree on one thing regarding the recently issued draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready alfalfa: Concerned...
Alfalfa EIS Comments: All Are Wanted, But Relevant Are Most Valued
Want your comments on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to actually have an impact? Then be sure they pertain to the 1,476-page document...
2010 Weather: Drought Relief
After dealing with widespread drought conditions for nearly a decade, the U.S. as a whole experienced a big-time reprieve in 2009. Yet, as weather experts...
Weather-Reporting Resources
For additional weather-related information, check out these groups...
Grazing, Forage Meetings Scheduled For February
The Feb. 16-17 Idaho Alfalfa and Forage Conference will cover the latest in alfalfa technology while the Wisconsin 2010 Grazing Conference, set for Feb....
Surviving A Silage Avalanche
It started out as a typical day for dairy nutritionist Doug DeGroff. He'd pulled up to a client's corn silage pile for a forage sample, bucket and pitchfork...
Editorial: Forage Industry Needs 'A Bigger Voice'
Dedicated. Industrious. Inventive. Those are just three of a host of positive adjectives that pop into my mind as I talk with growers, forage specialists...
Researchers Evaluate Potential Pests In Biomass Crops
Pests are being identified in perennial grasses used for biomass crops, according to University of Illinois entomologists...
Club Soda Won't Control Fire Ants
Pouring club soda onto fire ant mounds, despite Internet claims that it's "an environmentally friendly cure for fire ants," won't provide control, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in Austin...
Cellulosic Ethanol Facility Opens In Tennessee
Cellulosic ethanol production from switchgrass and field refuse such as corncobs will be ramping up at the Vonore, TN, demonstration facility. Leaders from DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE), University of Tennessee, Genera Energy and Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen will cut the ribbon this afternoon, Jan. 29, at the scheduled open house celebration...
Ag Machinery Outlook: Continued Weakness
Agricultural machinery manufacturers anticipate overall continued weakness in U.S. and Canadian tractor sales in 2010, according to the annual "outlook" survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers ...
Supreme Court To Hear Monsanto Appeal On RR Alfalfa
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Monsanto Company's appeal of a federal district court judge's 2007 order that halted the planting and sale of Roundup Ready alfalfa seed...
Comment On RR Alfalfa Draft Impact Statement Now!
Just three weeks into the public comment period and the Roundup Ready alfalfa draft environmental impact statement (EIS) has already garnered nearly 400 comments...
Editorial: Alfalfa Needs Roundup Ready Technology
Alfalfa is at a critical point in its reign as the No. 1 forage crop. The long-awaited draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready alfalfa...
Set Goals For Farm Transition
For farm transfers to be successful, all parties involved should have an idea of how they want or don't want the farm's assets to be used, says Gary Hachfeld,...
Grazier Helps Young Farmers | A Generous Guy
Scott Foerg isn't the only one to benefit from Dave Forgey's grazing expertise, generosity and plain common sense. Terri Hawbaker, Pewamo, MI, says he's...
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