In the past two weeks, the first new crop sales on timothy hay in Washington and sudan hay in the Imperial Valley were reported. Both hay types from those areas are sold mainly into the export market
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.The difference between the least profitable and the most profitable cattl
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower. By Jon Pretz, Ph.D., dairy nutritionist, Hubbard Feeds Alfalfa stands
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.Ash, molds, toxins, yeasts, negative bacteria – the list of anti-nutritional
This spring has not been a kind one to farmers; it’s wet, and the forecast continues to call for more rain. Fields are being left unplanted, and hay is losing nutrition with each passing day.If current
With winter resulting in substantial winterkill and a wet spring delaying harvests, a lot of high-quality forage has been turned into, at best, heifer feed. There is justified concern about forage inv
It was nearly 10 years ago when I attended an agronomy field day in Arlington, Wis., and heard John Grabber speak about some initial research he was doing that entailed establishing alfalfa under sila
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 d
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.The World Forage Analysis Superbowl is now accepting entries for its 36th annu
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower. Regularly updated satellite imagery is a valuable tool in a farmer’
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower. Northern N.Y. Alfalfa is an excellent source of protein in the d
This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower.Bazooka Farmstar, a manufacturer in the manure and ag industry for 44 years, h
Remember dust? That’s the stuff that develops when soils are dry. It has been missing in action this spring across a good chunk of the U.S. Last week, I had the chance to travel across several
Transitioning some of your grazing acres to native, warm-season perennials can pose a utilization challenge. Pat Keyser, director of the Center of Native Grasslands Management at the University of Tennessee,
Warm-season perennial grasses are the most used forages in the South but require nitrogen fertilization to maintain productivity and nutritive value. For this reason, warm-season forage legumes are be
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 d
From the late 1990s up until about five or six years ago, I predicted what I thought the alfalfa hay market would do in the West each year or at least at the start of the season. The reality is that with
The average price paid for both alfalfa and other hay types continued to climb during April, according to USDA’s latest Agricultural Prices report. Premium and Supreme alfalfa hay also moved higher
What’s new in silage production science from seed to feed-out? How can every efficient step forward benefit your bottom line? Find out at the California Silage Conference, July 24, 2017, 8 a.m. to
Rock River Laboratory announces the hiring of Keisha Verbeten as an animal nutrition analysis summer intern. Verbeten will take part in benchtop chemistry and analysis, reviewing and deciphering resea
