Rock River Laboratory, Inc., the progressive agricultural analysis laboratory, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year

The 33rd World Forage Analysis Superbowl is excited to announce that Organic Hay has joined the list of contest categories for 2016. “Our goal is to adapt the contest to what we see happening

JCB celebrates 25 years of production of the Fastrac. The range of agricultural tractors remain unique to this day, and continue to offer farmers and custom operators an unmatched combination of features

DuPont Pioneer has launched a new and improved pioneer.com website offering growers new tools to learn about the wide variety of products available to help maximize yield and with an improved website

AutoTrac Vision and RowSense guidance applications help sprayers track more accurately between the rows, resulting in reduced crop damage, less operator fatigue and more effective field applications.&

Crop farmers in a growing number of states may be eligible for financial assistance from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to amend soils with gypsum, says Ron Chamberla

In 1954, Arthur Luscombe of Dolliver, Iowa, conceived the idea of building a mixer for use on the farm, operating from the P.T.O. of a tractor

Making high-quality silage is about achieving the twin goals of rapid, efficient front-end fermentation and back-end stability during storage and feedout. “It pays to focus on producing silage

Let’s make this easy — use RFQ, not RFV. You can stop here, or continue to read on. The relative forage quality (RFQ) metric for indexing forage nutritive value has now been around for over

The ultimate goal of silage preservation is to reduce oxygen and rapidly boost acidity so lactic acid bacteria can grow to stabilize and preserve the forage. Additives, such as bacterial inoculants, i

Proper mower-conditioner adjustments can make all the difference in producing high-quality hay. Several helpful and easy tips on making those adjustments that may be unfamiliar or underutilized

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.With the outlook for better milk prices in the coming months, a growing number of dairies in Central California

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 d

If two months make for a trend, then hay prices are on the downside of that trend. The U.S. June all-hay price dropped by $6 per ton while the alfalfa average price declined $5 per ton in USDA’s

Vanessa Corriher-OlsonForage SpecialistTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Two words describe Texas lately: hot and dry. Dry conditions and heat have slowed forage growth statewide. Areas with irr

· USDA forecasted 2016 harvested acres of all hay at 56.1 million in their Acreage report released last week. This was up from the 54.4 million acres harvested in 2015 and slightly higher

That was the response I got not too long ago as I called to confirm a morning farm visit.The hay grower had cut early to capture the quality premiums that go along with Supreme quality hay in today’

Making high-quality hay in the extreme heat of summer is challenging as alfalfa often experiences delayed growth and moisture stress, even in moist soil

“Since it first appeared in Georgia just six years ago, bermudagrass stem maggot has infested and damaged bermudagrass throughout the southeastern United States,” says Dennis Hancock, University

Nick ClarkExtension agronomy advisor, Hanford, Calif.University of California-DavisIn general, growing conditions have been very favorable for forages in the San Joaquin Valley of California this past