Alfalfa hay prices reported to USDA from selected locations Forage Quality Location Premium+ Good Fair Colorado $200-205 $175-195 $100-125 Iowa $140 $1

Digi-Star introduces the NT 8000i rate control system for manure spreaders. The NT 8000i is a weight-based system that improves application efficiency by varying the unloading rate in proportion

Researchers at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wis., compared the drying rates of three cool-season grass species to determine if there were differences. Meadow fescue, orchardgrass

Though bermudagrass is expected to be a long-lived, productive species, there are situations where stands begin to thin or totally die over time

It somehow seems we have reached a point where alfalfa is often defined as "Roundup Ready" or not; to be sure, glyphosate resistance is a nice tool that expands some management options, specifically

By Phil Kaatz,Forages & Field Crops Educator,Michigan State University-Extension, Ev Thomas, Agronomist Oak Point Agronomics, New York, Dennis Hancock

A picture is worth a thousand words and what topic is more pertinent to haymaking than weather? Here are this week's weather maps from the National Weather Service. It's still dry in the West and st

Summer generally brings warm to hot temperatures and less frequent rainfall. Rory Lewandowski, extension educator in Wayne County, Ohio, notes that cool-season grass pastures grow best when temperatures

After 12 years of monitoring water quality on farms with manure applied to forage crops, the UW Discovery Farms® Program is adding a grain based farm.

Tennessee Farmers Cooperative was recognized for their 50th year of membership in Cooperative Research Farms (CRF) during the recent 2015 CRF Summer Research Meetings June 15-17 in Rosemont, Illinois.

DuPont Pioneer (DuPont) today announced a technology license and research collaboration agreement with Vilnius University to further the technical and commercial utility of guided Cas9 genome editing

Valley® Irrigation, The Leader in Precision Irrigation®, has appointed Joshua Dixon as the vice president of global operations.

Mycogen Seeds welcomes Bill Sutliff as a dairy nutritionist supporting Mycogen® brand bm3 BMR and TMF silage corn products.

With new crop hay being harvested throughout the region, auctioneer Wayne Kruse of Centennial Livestock Auctions in Fort Collins, Colo., reports demand for hay is not particularly high. He adds

Wheat stubble provides an excellent seedbed to plant forages into using no-till, according to Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska extension forage specialist

Many hay producers are frustrated by the rainy weather, acknowledges Mark Sulc, extension forage agronomist at The Ohio State University. They know that forage quality is declining with each day that

Many regions of the U.S. (sans West Coast) have received copious amounts of rain following the start of what was a pretty ideal early planting season.

It’s end of June gut-check time on the Hoard's Dairyman Farm, and though we've had more rain than needed, it’s nothing compared to many of you who are reading this.Corn planted May 8 is looking

by Marvin Hall Extension Forage AgronomistPenn State University First-cut grass harvest is being completed after several weeks of rain delays. In general, grass yields have been about 25 to 35 percent

Most reporters to USDA continue to note light volumes as new crop alfalfa and grass is being harvested. Below are some alfalfa and grass prices being paid (FOB) for selected states. Also check the USD