Production on first-cutting alfalfa hay got started in more of the West last week, just in time for a late spring rain to roll in. Growers in western Nevada, western Idaho, and the Columbia Basin were...

Widespread trading on new-crop alfalfa finally got underway this week in Central California after being delayed by rain. The rain delay has caused some alfalfa hay to mature beyond optimal quality. Th...

Growers in the San Joaquin Valley started baling this week as the forecast finally calls for some dry days. After suffering through one of the driest Februarys on record for Central California, rain r...

The extended Chinese New Year from the coronavirus in early February doesn't seem to have impacted exports of alfalfa hay to China, which totaled 88,845 metric tons (MT) in February...

A few days of heavy rainfall over the last couple of weeks brought the first cutting of alfalfa hay to a halt in the Southwest. The total rainfall in many areas was anywhere from 2 to 4 inches, a good...

The uncertainty around the coronavirus has rolled global markets, and U.S. forage hasn’t been immune. With the extended Chinese New Year and worker quarantine rules in China, factory output dropped...

During the last two weeks, I spoke at conferences for alfalfa hay growers in Idaho and Utah. While speaking at these meetings, I conducted polls on what growers expected their alfalfa hay acres to be...

Southwest new crop contracts even with last year In the areas of Parker and Poston, Ariz., and Blythe, Calif., new crop contracts with Central and Southern California dairies were reported in January...

The U.S. and China signed the Phase One trade deal on January 15, and the full text of the deal was released. In the agreement, there is a section on animal feed that aims to streamline the import app...

After hitting an all-time monthly high in October, alfalfa hay exports in November were down 19% from the previous month but still up 9% from November 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As we...