As the summer months begin to wind down, it’s time to begin thinking about winter cereal planting. One option for planting is winter triticale. Tom Kilcer, former extension educator for Cornell University...

We forge ahead through this growing season with steady prices, moderate demand at best, a lack of dairy quality hay being offered, and somewhat improved haymaking weather...

By Ev ThomasAgronomistOak Point Agronomics, New YorkPrecipitation totals vary widely within New York state, with the northeastern portions still trying to dig (or perhaps wade) out of the 15 inches of...

by Marvin Hall Extension Forage Agronomist, Penn State University. Last week without rain was the first opportunity since May to make hay without it getting rained on...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there is a greater than 90 percent chance that El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter in 2015 to 2016...

Continued light trade and a shortage of dairy quality hay for many reporting states. More new crop hay now being offered, but most of it is of lower quality. Some reports indicated that recent weather...

This week's precipitation maps paint a bit brighter picture than what has been the case during the past two months. Summary of Drought Monitor from USDA/NOAA: This U.S. Drought Monitor week...

With the wet conditions and challenges in making dry hay this year, there’s been a lot of discussion and ink dedicated to making baleage. Round and square bale silage certainly has become as c...

Light trade and meager amounts of dairy quality hay continue this week in many states. Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB (freight on board) for selected states...

by Dan Putnam,Extension Forage Agronomist,University of California-Davis,With alfalfa acreage at the lowest level in 50 years, lack of water remains the key issue for alfalfa growers...