Aug. 8, 2017
It was an across-the-board $3-per-ton decline for the all-hay, alfalfa hay, and other hay June average hay prices, according to USDA’s most recent Agricultural Prices report released last week. This...


Aug. 8, 2017
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...


Aug. 8, 2017
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.While hot temperatures are normal for the Imperial Valley in the Southern California desert, temperatures this y...


Aug. 7, 2017
Today the W. D. Hoard Company, publisher of Hoard’s Dairyman and Hay & Forage Grower magazines, announced the launch of FOCUS programmatic technology for buyers of digital advertising targeted t...


Aug. 4, 2017
Oxbo International Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of specialized agricultural equipment, announced today a significant victory in the patent infringement case against H&S Ma...


Aug. 4, 2017
Cargill has reached an agreement to acquire the animal feed business of Richmond, Va.,-based Southern States Cooperative, Inc., a move that will help the company better serve its customers in the east...


Aug. 3, 2017
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.Easily convert from liquid to dry in as little as 42 minutes with the new Trid...


Aug. 3, 2017
Expo Seminars create an environment that encourages dairy producers to ask leading researchers and industry personnel questions to better their farms.Trevor Olson Photography This item has been...


Aug. 1, 2017
There’s no question that soil health is key to the sustainability of a grazing operation. What is in question, however, is the actual effect of winter bale grazing on soil health. Simply put, many enthusiasts praise this method for adding nutrients immediately back into the soil through hay litter and manure, making the cost of hay seemingly irrelevant. However, no data has supported the claims that the benefits to soil outweigh the cost of hay at almost any...


Aug. 1, 2017
(From left) Jessica Jurcek, Kirsten Jurcek, and Weenonah BrattsetFor Kirsten Jurcek, operating a grass-fed and finished beef farm is sustainable not only to her family, but to the land as well. Jurcek runs Brattset Family Farm full time with the help of her mother, Weenonah, and daughter, Jessica. Weenonah bought the 183-acre farm outside of Jefferson, Wis., in 1968 and moved her children to Wisconsin while her husband, Harold, continued to work in Chicago as a firefighter...