The high nutritive value of alfalfa makes it a valuable forage for ruminant animals. However, alfalfa producers are continually faced with balancing yield and quality during the growing season
An online search for photographs of New Zealand agriculture often results in landscapes of happy sheep grazing on lush pasture against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains
All cattle are “grass-fed” until they reach the finishing phase. Calves are usually sent to a feedlot for finishing, where they’re put on a high-concentrate diet to add marbling
The ensiling process is a well-established tool to store forages while maintaining their nutrient composition and availability. Thus, ensiled forages are predominant feed ingredients use
April 3, 2018 • Acres harvested for hay in the U.S. are expected to remain unchanged in 2018 compared to last year, based on USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released last week. Farmers
It’s likely that about 30 percent of round bale users are not removing the net wrap or twine on bales before feeding or processing. That was a finding from the South Dakota State University (SDSU)
Forage inoculants have always been a “buyer beware” market. Unlike corn hybrids and forage varieties, there is precious little third-party testing of available inoculant products. Fortunately,
For many regions, April wasn’t the warm start to spring that producers were hoping for. If the trend continues, assessing freeze damage to alfalfa might be a routine activity. Producers are urg
In the first two months of 2018, there has been a shift of a larger percentage of alfalfa hay exported to China from the ports of Seattle/Tacoma than alfalfa hay exported to China from the Long Beach/
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Every scoop counts at Culver’s on Scoops of Thanks Day happening Thursday, May 3! Guests can get $1 single scoops of Fresh Frozen Custard, and all proceeds will go to FFA
Like many of you reading this, I cut my haymaking teeth spending many summer hours pulling a sickle cutterbar mower, generally over stone-infested terrain. My next move up in the world was riding self
Hay producers usually try to get the most money for their product or at least ensure a profit. When the hay market is high, achieving a profitable return is relatively easy. It’s when hay prices
Care must be taken when turning cattle out on once-stressed pastures to protect against continuing a cycle of mistreatment, consequently resulting in poor forage quality and growth.“Drought-like
