Jan. 26, 2016
· California's Department of Water Resources had good news from their first media-oriented snow survey last week. Not only was mountain snow depth above the long-term average, but also th...


Jan. 19, 2016
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. USDA’s final estimate of alfalfa hay acres in California in 2015 was 790,000, the lowest alfalfa hay acres since...


Jan. 5, 2016
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. According to the Dairy Marketing Branch in the California Department of Food and Agriculture, dairies in California...


Dec. 29, 2015
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Dec. 22, 2015
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. In the past few weeks, a few hay export companies in the West have been aggressively looking for and purchasing alfalfa...


Dec. 8, 2015
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Sources in central California report that fewer acres of alfalfa hay are being planted for the 2016 season. Wheat plantin...


Nov. 24, 2015
With the forecast for cold weather and snow in the Western states during the coming week, hay growers are hoping for more of the same in the weeks ahead. Growers in the West who are sitting on l...


Nov. 10, 2015
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. In the past year, the difference between Supreme and Fair alfalfa hay prices delivered into Central California dair...


Nov. 3, 2015
By Glenn Shewmaker Extension Forage Specialist University of Idaho Meadow voles are wreaking havoc in southern Idaho! Large acreages are set up for a potential 25 to 50 percent...


Oct. 27, 2015
Visits to New York, Georgia and Michigan By Ev Thomas Agronomist Oak Point Agronomics, New York With the exception of the New York City metro area, the entire state got a hard frost on Oc...