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Last fall, Nate Jaeger’s phone was literally ringing off the hook with calls from panicked, would-be hay buyers in drought-stricken regions of the country. In recent months, that’s changed dramatically....More

California alfalfa growers will want to act soon to control outbreaks of dodder, a troublesome parasitic weed, says Steve Orloff, farm advisor with University of California (UC) Extension....More

Dennis Hancock is asking the private sector – individuals and companies – for $5,000 to help buy harvesting equipment to be used in University of Georgia (UGA) research...More

The owner of Dakota Hay Auction at Corsica, SD, opened a companion auction 70 miles east in Parker on Feb. 1 of this year. His goal: to make it easier and less costly for hay sellers to move their product to market....More

Prices have stayed high and mostly steady throughout the winter at the Middleburg Livestock Auction weekly hay sale in central Pennsylvania....More

Until dairies show some profit, most of the West’s hay prices aren’t likely to get above $200-220/ton for early spring, dairy-quality hay. But California’s top-quality first-cutting hay could sell for $220-$230/ton (f.o.b. stack) in the Imperial Valley and $240-250/ton in central California....More

California silage-corn producers and Wyoming hay growers dominated the World Ag Expo Forage Challenge, announced Feb. 12 at the Tulare, CA, farm show....More

Prices for alfalfa hay have been on a tear in recent months at Mid-American Auction Company’s twice-monthly, quality-tested hay auctions in Sauk Centre, MN, reports Dan Martens, University of Minnesota (U of M) Extension educator for Stearns, Benton and Morrison counties....More

The narrow spread between high- and low-quality alfalfa hay prices in today’s supply-driven market could result in long-term challenges for hay growers selling to dairy customers, says John Johnson, owner of 3,500-cow Johnson Dairy in Eaton, CO...More

Jake Ulrich’s yield increased by 20% on 90 acres of first-cutting alfalfa this past summer. He attributes that gain to a 6-oz/acre application of Headline foliar fungicide at about $14/acre, not including spraying costs....More

A pint-sized invasive grass called ventenata is wreaking havoc on timothy acres in parts of Idaho, Washington and Oregon....More

When Colorado rancher Ted Swanson discovered that thieves had stolen a large quantity of his hay last Labor Day weekend, he was stunned, surprised and angry....More