August 6, 2024• The USDA will invest $400 million to support farmers from 18 irrigation districts who improve infrastructure, engage in fallowing programs, or shift cropping systems to reduce...

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

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...

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...

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...

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