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When our little Jack Russell Terrier needs an outdoor potty break, he jumps up on a bench in our living room and rattles the window blinds with his nose
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Hay prices were up across the board during February, according to USDA’s Agricultural Prices report. The average price of U.S. alfalfa hay in February climbed for the third consecutive month
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Dealing with rain is just part of the deal if you’re a haymaker in the humid East. Even in an average year, working around raindrops is a challenge, but in a wet year, the frustration can exceed
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Warm, sunny days after a long dose of winter weather can make it tempting to turn cattle out on the greening new grass. However, cattle turned out too early in the spring can lead to several issues
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It was a long run of soft commodity prices, but the stagnant situation of recent years came to an abrupt halt during the back half of 2020 as corn and soybean prices skyrocketed to levels not seen sin

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It’s been known for a long time that seeding alfalfa into or immediately after a terminated alfalfa stand doesn’t often yield good results. But that’s about all we know
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There are about 200,000 alfalfa seeds in a pound. That’s also the number of opinions there are for successfully establishing alfalfa or grasses
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Making quality hay is not for the weak of heart. In the arid West, there’s the challenge of baling with enough moisture in the final product
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Forage quality test results can tell us a lot about a forage. However, we also need to consider aspects that could impact hay during storage
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Restricting the amount of water that a crop needs is not an ideal strategy to produce forages. Sometimes, however, it’s necessary

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Alfalfa hay has long been a premier forage for dairy cattle
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Similar to that 30-year-old tattoo of an ex-girlfriend’s name that seemed like a good idea at the time, some things just hang around beyond their useful life.The forage industry has several of these
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Prudent farm managers generally don’t blindly cut expenses during challenging economic times; rather, they look for those places where eliminating costs will have little or no impact on crop yield
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Seeding grass along with alfalfa has always been standard operating procedure in some areas of the U.S., including the Northeast. Although it’s less common to see in other regions, the popularity
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In checking his list, we have it on good authority that Santa gave forage producers and their crops high marks in 2020.Thinking back about six months ago, we were given the news that May 1 hay invento

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Let’s face it — cutting and baling hay is an enjoyable undertaking for most people in the hay business. The same is true for seeing a new stand of alfalfa
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When marketing milk and managing risk with contracts or options, we never make decisions based upon a single event or day
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As fall rapidly transitions to winter, now is a good time to turn our attention to planning for spring forage plantings
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Would your marginal land be more profitable for hay production rather than corn or soybeans?I
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Across the United States, livestock experience summer heat and the challenges it poses