As temperatures begin to rise, pasture forages start to experience significant growth . . . but inevitably, so do weeds. Bill Curran, professor of weed science at Penn State University, notes that we...
Already this season there have been reports of hay heating and a couple of stack fires. As many areas of the United States have been on the receiving end of persistent rain, hay gro...
The vast majority of haymakers in the U.S. are at the mercy of Mother Nature for good harvesting weather at a specific point in time when the crop is at the desired forage quality. It’s...
Stocks of all hay stored in the United States totaled 25.1 million tons, up from 24.5 million tons in May 2015, according to the most recent USDA Crop Production report. The 3 percent rise makes...
The Southeastern Hay Contest is held in conjunction with the Sunbelt Ag Expo, the contest seeks to promote the production of high-quality hay and baleage...
Spring is not just a time to harvest perennial forages. To be sure, more and more livestock producers are incorporating winter cereals such as rye and triticale into their crop rotations...
The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) announced seed brand marketers that have agreed to participate in the new alfalfa checkoff program beginning later this summer. The checko...
Strong foreign demand coupled with weaker domestic demand has put hay export totals in a good place during the first two months of 2016. This occurred in spite of a strong U.S. dollar...