Vermeer is pleased to introduce the latest 5 ft by 4 ft balers, the 504R Classic and the 504R Premium. These introductions complete the brand’s 504R baler platform...
Providing additional feed is a relatively common practice throughout the summer months to boost gains on unproductive pastures. However, producers trying to “stretch the grass” by feeding suppleme...
While certainly not a blessing, drought isn’t always a total loss. Kris Ringwall, extension beef specialist at North Dakota State University (NDSU), explains that tough times often result in the re-...
The push to improve alfalfa forage quality through lowering lignin content and, more importantly, improving fiber digestibility is in full-throttle mode. You’d have to be living under a rock to thin...
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Unlike the conventional alfalfa hay market that is higher than a year ago, organic alfalfa hay prices are lower than 2016...
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 author was the 2016 Hay & Forage Grower summer editorial intern and is a senior at South Dakota State University. When corn prices are high, corn silage may be a more economical feed to...
Mycogen Seeds winner Ed Hilgerexamines his corn silage. Ed Hilger, a silage corn grower from Ulysses, Kansas, has won a year of free silage testing courtesy of Mycogen Seeds...
