Hay & Forage Grower talks with Glen Aiken, recently retired research scientist at the USDA-ARS Forage-Animal Production Research Unit in Lexington, Ky...
Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (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, February 9...
Forage — or more specifically fiber — passage rate through the cow has become a “hot” topic among nutritionists and forage researchers in recent years. It’s also a topic that is often misund...
Though growing forage during this time of year is not an agenda item in the North, such is not the case in the South.As such, when winter decides to spread its wrath far below the Mason-Dixon Line, it...
January 2, 2018• Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. (feedlots with capacity of over 1,000 head) totaled 11.5 million head on December 1...
Photo Credit: Mary Drewnoski, University of NebraskaExtending the grazing season has been a mantra of both livestock producers and forage researchers for the past 10 years or more. The end game is to...
In last week’s eHay Weekly, we took a look at the big picture from USDA’s 2017 Crop Production Annual Summary. From that same report, here’s a list of the Top 5 states as they ranked for acreage and total production...
