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Time seems to go by more quickly with each passing year. We are already halfway through winter, and it seems like just yesterday we were wrapping up last year’s harvest
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The annual release of hay and forage data by USDA that defines the previous year’s hay production and year-ending inventories last month
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Central Kentucky farmers Dave Burge, Dorris Bruce, and Beth and Brad Hodges have made major changes to their winter-feeding systems in recent years
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Stockpiling is an important management practice that defers forage availability for a time of later use. In the southeastern U.S., perennial grasses such as tall fescue and bermudagrass
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Over 2.5 million acres of nonirrigated dry hay are produced annually in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida, with an average yield of 5,750 pounds per acre

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Let us join together and wish the corn silage kernel processing score a belated happy 15th birthday! Gonzalo Ferriera and Dave Mertens published the original article
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Ag-Xcellence has their Baler Performance Monitor model BPM-101 on the market for any small square baler new or old
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AGCO Corporation will showcase equipment from its Fendt®, Massey Ferguson®, Hesston by Massey Ferguson® brands, as well as other implements at the 2022 World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA
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Dairy, beef, and hay producers, as well as custom operators and nutrient applicators, should mark their calendars for February 21-23 for the 2022 Symposium at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells
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For many Western alfalfa growers, rodents fall into a major pest category right along with insects, diseases, and weeds

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Producers may be digging deep into their pockets to purchase fertilizer this year. However, such an investment might not be necessary for fields where corn and small grains follow alfalfa
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With China being the source of many of our livestock vitamin supplies, the cost of vitamin supplementation has taken a significant turn upward during the past couple of years
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Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which are indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the e
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Grace-Way Farm, Lowville, New York, is among several regional farms assisting the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program's research-based development of alfalfa varieties resistant to alfalfa
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This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Letter of No Objectio

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With Rejuvra® herbicide now approved for use in California, Bayer Range and Pasture will help even more ranchers transform invasive grasses into high-quality forage. Rejuvra stops cheatgrass be
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The cost of nitrogen fertilizer impacts everything from the economic optimum application rate for corn to the value of manure
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Feeding dairy cattle high-forage diets can improve overall herd health, improve milk component levels, and lower feed costs
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A severe case of sticker shock is sweeping across the forage industry as producers watch fertilizer prices climb higher and higher