Hay Quality Designations physical descriptions:Supreme: Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft fine stemmed, extra leafy. Factors indicative of very high nutritive content. Hay is excellent c

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

In my former extension life, it was not unusual to receive a call from somebody wanting to know the “going rate” for (fill in the blank)

The vast majority of haymakers in the U.S. are at the mercy of Mother Nature for good harvesting weather at a specific point in time when the crop is at the desired forage quality. It’s

Hay & Forage Grower is pleased to announce that South Dakota native Sydney Sleep will serve as its summer student intern

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight

Vanessa Corriher-OlsonForage SpecialistTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Spring rainfalls have perpetuated ryegrass and clover production throughout eastern and central Texas

If a plant’s appearance has been affected by low nutrient levels, your yield has already been compromised

Gowan USA, LLC today announced its new Affiance® Fungicide Guarantee Program for dairy producers throughout the United States

The new 74-horsepower Bobcat® T595 compact track loader features increased horsepower and performance for pushing or digging applications, without the need for operators to move up to a bigger

A rapid pH drop is the first requirement to produce quality silage. When pH doesn’t drop quickly, it allows other microbes like clostridia and E. coli to grow

Jon Sykes owns M&L Farms Inc., located in Quitman, Ga. The farm has been custom harvesting since 2000 and custom farming since 2008. They currently grow corn, sorghum, and ryegrass for a local d

The proof is always in the data, and Darrel Franson has plenty of that. Darrel Franson has spent the past 15 years renovating his pastures with novel, nontoxic fescue. He’s been entering numbe

The author is a freelance writer from Bozeman, Mont., and has her own communications business, Cowpunch Creative. Colorado ranching expert Chip Hines (chiphines.com) believes the cattle ind

A truckload of hay is 48,000 pounds, a “small” 250-ton silo bag and a 1,000-ton pile or bunker are 500,000 and 2,000,000 pounds, respectively

In a recent study, where we sampled alfalfa that was standing, after mowing, after raking, and in the chopper wagon or bale, 71 percent of the change in forage quality was related to leaf content

Applying manure immediately after alfalfa harvest opens up windows of time for manure application not available with most annual crops, and it expands the acreage base for nutrient management pl

The author is an agricultural extension educator in Jackson County, Fla. As a county agent for the past 20 years, one of the things I have noticed is that there are two general categor

Legumes such as hairy vetch can improve the quality of winter annual grasses. Cover crops are planted to enhance health and fertility of soils and to benefit the surrounding environment

At the base of healthy ryegrass, a mass of white adventitious roots and cobweb-like fungal mycelia develop just as it enters its most rapid phase of growth