Simple fact: Many farmers pull the trigger too early on drought-challenged corn for silage and either chop the immature plants or disk them under...

With the turning of the calendar to August next week, the window opens for Northern regions to begin seeding alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mixtures. That window progresses to later dates as we move south...

Although it takes a little time and investment, ammoniating low-quality hay, cornstalks, or straw can help improve its protein content and digestibility...

Farming is a game of Plan B’s as often Plan A needs to be scrapped because of weather or other uncontrollable events...

The average hay price for alfalfa regressed to $279 per ton during May, according to the USDA’s Agricultural Prices report. May’s alfalfa hay price was down $8 per ton from the previous month...

Dry weather — to varying degrees — has beset a large swath of the U.S. during the beginning of the 2023 haymaking season. In the Midwest, I have never seen so much first-cutting hay get baled...

There are lots of insects that cause alfalfa plant damage and yield loss...

Source: U.S. Drought MonitorThe abundant rain and snowfall in the West put a temporary Band-Aid on many areas that were either devoid of moisture or had their irrigation spigots shut off...

The average price for alfalfa hay jumped by $20 from March to April, according to the USDA’s Agricultural Prices report...

Louis Nippert was a successful big-city lawyer by any measure, but he also had a love of the land...