Already this season there have been reports of hay heating and a couple of stack fires. As many areas of the United States have been on the receiving end of persistent rain, hay gro
Hay Quality Designations physical descriptions:Supreme: Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft fine stemmed, extra leafy. Factors indicative of very high nutritive content. Hay is excellent c
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
The vast majority of haymakers in the U.S. are at the mercy of Mother Nature for good harvesting weather at a specific point in time when the crop is at the desired forage quality. It’s
Vanessa Corriher-OlsonForage SpecialistTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Spring rainfalls have perpetuated ryegrass and clover production throughout eastern and central Texas
The new 74-horsepower Bobcat® T595 compact track loader features increased horsepower and performance for pushing or digging applications, without the need for operators to move up to a bigger
A rapid pH drop is the first requirement to produce quality silage. When pH doesn’t drop quickly, it allows other microbes like clostridia and E. coli to grow
Jon Sykes owns M&L Farms Inc., located in Quitman, Ga. The farm has been custom harvesting since 2000 and custom farming since 2008. They currently grow corn, sorghum, and ryegrass for a local d
The proof is always in the data, and Darrel Franson has plenty of that. Darrel Franson has spent the past 15 years renovating his pastures with novel, nontoxic fescue. He’s been entering numbe
The author is a freelance writer from Bozeman, Mont., and has her own communications business, Cowpunch Creative. Colorado ranching expert Chip Hines (chiphines.com) believes the cattle ind
In a recent study, where we sampled alfalfa that was standing, after mowing, after raking, and in the chopper wagon or bale, 71 percent of the change in forage quality was related to leaf content
