The Huffman Farms’ custom harvesting crew prepares to chop a field for a local dairy farm. Johan Brink (back row) manages the custom enterprise. South African H-2A employees are the backbone of the

The success of a grass-fed beef operation relies on getting average daily gains of at least 2 pounds per day. Animals will need to maintain a body condition score of 6 or better

A growing trend of obesity and associated metabolic disorders are raising the horse industry’s need for alternative forage sources

During the ‘60s, it seemed the highlight of early spring for a farm boy in small town Ohio was planting oats

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.” This statement still rings true today, but on most farms I think we could also add two more items

The decision to purchase forage can be easy when stocks are low and forage availability is scarce. Under this scenario, the decision relies on purchasing whatever is available

Hay & Forage Grower talks with Tom Kilcer, private crop consultant, researcher and owner of Advanced Ag Systems

The Interceptor 8050 is KUHN Krause’s high-speed tillage solution for controlling troublesome, chemical resistant weeds and a whole lot more. Developed to provide a clean width of cut, the Intercept

Case IH is pleased to introduce the 2140 Early Riser pivot fold planter. Six configurations feature ultra-narrow row spacing options combined with the industry’s most accurate planting technologies

CLAAS of America announced new product updates to their JAGUAR forage harvesters, LEXION combines, and balers and hay tools today at the 2017 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois

With the introduction of the 0 Series Round Balers for the 2018 haying season, John Deere is offering its first North American-built round baler precutter and the industry’s first 5-foot precutter

Regardless of the tillage practice, creating a high-efficiency seedbed is critical for planting success

The new Dominator® 4860 meets the product requests voiced by customers searching for optimal tilled width productivity

Hesston by Massey Ferguson®, the industry-leading hay equipment brand from AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), introduced the company’s next generation of self-propelled windrowers during Farm Progress

August 1, 2017· In USDA’s recent cattle inventory report, the number of calves totaled 36.3 million head. That’s a jump of 3.5 percent from last year and signals larger slaughter cattle

According to USDA’s 2014 Census of Agriculture, 97 percent of the 2.1 million farms in the United States are family owned and operated. Unfortunately, the trend for the last few years ha

For those who haven’t traveled to Kansas and Oklahoma in the fall or spring, you probably don’t have an appreciation for the dominance of wheat as a forage crop in that part of the United States

It seems that 2017 has brought more discussion about whether a beef cattle operation should buy or bale hay than what I recall seeing in the past. The beauty of such a discussion is that there is no c

Annual ryegrasses are a mainstay in many forage-grazing systems throughout the United States; however, not all annual ryegrasses are created equal.“Annual ryegrasses are grouped in two different

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 o