Dairy farming has accounted for a high proportion of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California for almost 50 years

There are two basic approaches to setting up a grazing cell: fixed and flexible. A fixed grazing cell has a set number of permanent paddocks created with permanent fence

It's been a year since I transitioned from being a regional seed company consultant to farming with my family full time. I feel very settled in this role, and there’s a long list of accomplishments

Beef cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding enterprises rely on the forages available to keep production costs low

Scott Mericka greeted me with a firm handshake and a friendly smile as I arrived at Grass Dairy in Dodgeville, Wis

Pairing almond hulls with lower- to medium-quality alfalfa hay as a cubed or double-compressed animal feed may create new domestic and international markets

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

The annual release of hay and forage data by USDA that defines the previous year’s hay production and year-ending inventories last month

Central Kentucky farmers Dave Burge, Dorris Bruce, and Beth and Brad Hodges have made major changes to their winter-feeding systems in recent years

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

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

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

Ag-Xcellence has their Baler Performance Monitor model BPM-101 on the market for any small square baler new or old

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

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

For many Western alfalfa growers, rodents fall into a major pest category right along with insects, diseases, and weeds

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

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

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

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