July 23, 2024
July 2, 2024• Harvested hay acreage projections are down for 2024, according to USDA’s June Acreage report. Total harvested hay acres are expected to reach 51.5 million acres, which is 2% less tha...


June 25, 2024
June 4, 2024• Cattle and calves on feed for the U.S. slaughter market in feedlots with the capacity of at least 1,000 animals totaled 11.6 million head on May 1. This was 1% lower than a year...


May 28, 2024
May 7, 2024• Find USDA updates about Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detections in livestock here.• Check out these herbicide restriction tables from the University of Wisconsin-Madison f...


April 30, 2024
April 2, 2024• The first USDA Prospective Plantings report of the year pegged all harvested hay acres at 51.56 million for 2024...


March 26, 2024
March 5, 2024• The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas has become the largest wildfire in the state’s history. Dry and windy conditions caused the flames to burn more than 1 million acres across...


Feb. 27, 2024
February 6, 2024• The U.S. beef cow inventory was 28.2 million head as of January 1, according to the USDA’s Cattle report. This is 2% lower than a year ago. The total number of all cattle and cal...


Dec. 26, 2023
December 5, 2023• Michigan State University researchers aim to find answers about alfalfa autotoxicity with a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).• University of...


Nov. 28, 2023
November 7, 2023• Recordings of the Dairy Forage Seminars presented at World Dairy Expo last month are available here. • There are pros and cons to leaving tall alfalfa in a hayfield over win...


Sept. 26, 2023
News and tidbits from the hay and forage industry in September 2023...


Aug. 29, 2023
August 1, 2023• Here is how to store large round bales to limit hay loss. • Start prepping fields and buying seed for tall fescue renovation.• Fall is a good time to tackle pere...