Ruminant animals are engineered to consume forage, and feeding a high percentage of the dairy diet as forage provides many potential benefits. At World Dairy Expo last week, Kenneth Kalscheur...

With most hay and corn silage now tucked away for the winter, it’s probably a good time to remind all of those who work around bunker and pile silos that feedout faces are always subject to collapse...

By Glenn Shewmaker, Extension Forage Specialist, University of Idaho Most of the last cutting of alfalfa hay was harvested without rain. Yields looked good because of moderate temperatures and l...

In terms of market movement...it's not much, but several reporters noted somewhat improved demand over last week. Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB per ton...

At last week's National Hay Association Convention in Lancaster, Pa., the director of the U.S. Forage Export Council, John Szczepanski, reported on the status of U.S. hay exports...

The low demand beat goes on . . . Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB per ton (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, September 25. Large ranges for a particular grade and state are often indicative of location and/or bale type differences. Also check the USDA Hay Market...

Recent research results undertaken by the University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms has documented that runoff occurs from feed storage areas during 60 percent of precipitation events. This compar...

By Ev ThomasAgronomistOak Point Agronomics, New York Corn silage harvest is in full swing, with many farms already finished. Conditions have been ideal — warm and sunny, and no rain of consequence...

If climate change becomes a reality as nearly all scientists predict, how will predominantly cool-season grass pastures adapt to the potential changes in temperature and precipitation during future growing seasons...

Amidst the hoopla of the best dairy show cows in North America, World Dairy Expo will also offer plenty for forage producers to do, see and learn. The gigantic trade show will host a plethora of compa...