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We are proud and excited to announce the addition of Nancy Gill-Pardue to the Tru-Test team. Nancy has spent about 60-days on the job and has transitioned from learning our business to growing it.Nanc
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DLF Pickseed and La Crosse Seed are pleased to announce DLF Pickseed’s acquisition of all the assets and business of La Crosse Seed. La Crosse Seed, with headquarters in La Crosse, Wis., has signif
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Butch Lay and his wife, Lisa, are survivors. In addition to survival skills, Butch is also an experimenter, a person who is not afraid to make a wrong decision, and someone who values feed and forage
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Once again in 2018, the monthly All Hay and Alfalfa Hay price category averages both moved higher during May, based on USDA’s most recent Agricultural Prices report released last week. The All Hay
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Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which is indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the end of
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With its drought, low soil pH, and high stocking density tolerance, tall fescue is the forage of choice in many pastures. While it may come off as a “super grass,” tall fescue can cause major
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It’s that time of year once again. Wheat harvest has started to make its way across much of the United States. But once that wheat is harvested, how does the land get utilized?With plenty of growing
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The threat of a 25 percent tariff on U.S. alfalfa hay exported to China has put a cloud over the hay export industry in the western U.S
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Worksaver’s new RBH-4500 Bale Handler fits tractor front loaders and handles and stacks either two 4’ x 4’ x 8’ or three 3’ x 3’ x 8’ large rectangular bales
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Whether you are a small farm or custom operation that produces large square bales and/or the “bale bundles” for small square bales … the new ProAG 12SR PLUS Stacker is for you
June 5, 2018• The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) recently announced that five research proposals from a total of 15 submissions will be funded through the U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research
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Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which is indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the end of th
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One of the many things that David Letterman gets remembered for is his Top 10 lists. These lists included such things as the Top 10 Signs Your Kid Had a Bad First Day at School, the Top 10
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All forage loses dry matter and forage quality after it is cut. It is a fact of life. But the amount of loss is greatly influenced by subsequent practices
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Count Missouri among those states experiencing drought conditions, and beef producers there are being forced to make decisions about their cattle and grazing forages.Craig Roberts, professor and exten
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AGCO Parts, a division of AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, opened a 25,000-sq. ft. expansion to the existing parts distribution centre
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John Deere is announcing several updates for model year 2019 to its large 9R, 9RT, and 9RX Tractors that include a mix of the latest technology and performance-enhancing features
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Case IH is expanding the 2000 series Early Riser® planter lineup with a new 2130 stack-fold mounted 3-point hitch model
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Noble Research Institute researchers have developed and released a new tall fescue variety called Chisholm to provide a new forage option for agricultural producers in western Oklahoma
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Within the United States, only 10 percent of alfalfa stands are seeded with a forage grass. “That’s hard for us in the Northeast to believe because in the Northeast about 85 percent of the