Drought impacts areas in many ways, but when an agriculturally rich state like California experiences what is their fourth consecutive year of severe drought, the losses begin to mount exponentionally...

by Marvin Hall, Extension Forage Agronomist, Penn State University. After rain every other day during June and July, Pennsylvania has had nearly four weeks of excellent haymaking weather...

Many states noted that hay sales were slow to steady this week. Wildfires in the western U.S. are creating hazy, overcast conditions that are making it difficult to cure hay in the field...

We live in a world of plastic. If something isn’t made of plastic, chances are good it’s packaged in plastic. Agriculture, specifically livestock farms, use and generate tons of plastic each year...

The 2015 Grassfed Exchange Conference expects to attract hundreds of farmers, ranchers and industry supporters to Mount Pleasant, Mich., during September 16 to 18...

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that acres of alfalfa and alfalfa-grass mixtures in the U.S. declined by 108,000 from 2014 to 2015. The August 1 forecast pegs current...

Drill Calibration from David McIntosh on Vimeo.These days, no-till drills are no big deal in terms of their frequency of use. As with most equipment, proper maintenance and calibration become critical...

by Dan Putnam, Extension Forage Agronomist, University of California-Davis. Weather in early August has cooled significantly from July conditions, much to the relief of farmers who have been trying to keep up with water demands...

Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB (except for those noted as delivered, which is indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the end of the day on Friday...

Though corn silage has never been front and center as a high-protein source in dairy rations, some consultants and dairy farmers are questioning why an increasing number of silage samples are well below book value...