Feb. 8, 2022
After a string of 11 consecutive months with month-over-month alfalfa price gains, the average market value of alfalfa hay dropped by $3 per ton in November...


Feb. 8, 2022
Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which are indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the...


Feb. 7, 2022
The year was 2008, and the cost of urea nitrogen was tipping the scales at over 60 cents per pound. Only a few years earlier, it was 30 cents per pound. Farmers were ready to rebel...


Feb. 7, 2022
Every August, the most powerful of tractors assemble in Bowling Green, Ohio, for the National Tractor Pulling Championships...


Feb. 7, 2022
Dairy farming has accounted for a high proportion of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California for almost 50 years...


Feb. 7, 2022
There are two basic approaches to setting up a grazing cell: fixed and flexible. A fixed grazing cell has a set number of permanent paddocks created with permanent fence...


Feb. 7, 2022
It's been a year since I transitioned from being a regional seed company consultant to farming with my family full time. I feel very settled in this role, and there’s a long list of accomplishments...


Feb. 7, 2022
Beef cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding enterprises rely on the forages available to keep production costs low...


Feb. 7, 2022
Scott Mericka greeted me with a firm handshake and a friendly smile as I arrived at Grass Dairy in Dodgeville, Wis...


Feb. 7, 2022
Pairing almond hulls with lower- to medium-quality alfalfa hay as a cubed or double-compressed animal feed may create new domestic and international markets...