Other Hay/Forage Information
CRP Enrollment Deadline Looms
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers that they have until the close of business on Friday, Aug. 27, to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up...
Texas Seminars Target New Producers
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will team with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to host two Basic AG seminars in August at the Grayson County Courthouse in Sherman, TX...
Forage Testing
Insight From Blind Samples
Hay growers, buyers and forage testing labs have been at odds over the accuracy and consistency of test results for years. Last fall, two farmer groups,...
Insight From Blind Samples
Last fall, two University extension forage specialists asked growers to send "blind" alfalfa hay samples to several forage testing laboratories and request the samples and results back. With that information, the experts compared the variation within and among the labs tested, and they say lab variation does exist, which is something growers have complained about for years. General results, first reactions and actions were reported in the May issue of Hay & Forage Grower. For stories, click here. To comment on forage testing, email hfg@hayandforage.com. We’ll post comments on this site...
Hay Contest Helps Increase Forage Testing, RFQ Scores
A multi-state hay contest can influence growers to use forage tests and help increase relative forage quality (RFQ) scores...
Custom Forage Harvesting
Looking At Mowing Overlap Loss
Auto guidance systems can cut mowing overlap losses in half, according to Matt Digman, University of Wisconsin ag engineer. Digman conducted an on-farm survey and a controlled study on mower overlap and found that losses varied from 0.5% to 16% and depended largely on just how attentive mower operators were...
Make Employees Feel Appreciated
Regular company get-togethers are a good way to build a team and show appreciation to employees, says Larry Gibson, owner of Gibson Family Farms, Morocco, IN. Along with a 1,000-head beef feedlot, Gibson runs a custom mowing, raking, merging and chopping business...
