Harvest is underway in Southern California and other regions are near that point. Some reports have prices lower as hay producers try to clean out supplies before the new crop is ready to be made
At last week’s two-day Southeast Hay Convention in Moultrie, Ga., there was a lot of alfalfa-growing discussion. “We’ll either talk you into it or out of it,” said Dennis Hancock,
The recent run of warm temperatures may have some people in the mood to grease up the drill and get an early start on seeding alfalfa. “For most situations, the risks of planting early
The beauty and curse of a biological system is that we always play the averages and probabilities because very few things happen 100 percent of the time. For any given question there are
A press release on March 11, 2016, from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) shows how the federal government is mismanaging the water run-off in California
In an effort to continue leading the forage, cover crop and turf markets it services, La Crosse Seed has added Ben Addington as its Marketing Supervisor
A new Harvest Tec app transforms the Apple iPad into a bright, in-cab display monitor.Hay producers can now use their Apple® iPad® or iPad Mini® as the in-cab display for the new 400T Automatic
Whether planting seeds in a paper cup or growing crops on a large farm, the science of producing healthy plants works the same for both. This spring, Casey & Friends teaches children
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
For those in areas of the country where winter actually exists — real snow with drivable lakes — you’ve been looking at brown or white alfalfa fields for several months. All of that is
photo by Dennis HancockBermudagrass, a staple forage in Southern forage programs, comes in a couple of primary flavors: common and hybrid. From a productivity standpoint, hybrids are the preferred option
Though hay stocks were whittled down from a winter of feeding and export shipments, it apparently wasn’t enough to prompt an upward January price trend. Just the opposite occurred. The recent USDA
Concerned about reducing nutrient runoff? Addressing the health of your soil and changing a few land management practices can often have a substantial impact
A few miles north of Lubbock, in the middle of the largest continuous cotton-growing region in the world, Randy McGee of McGee Ranch in Idalou, TX is making a name for himself as o
At the 2016 Commodity Classic, MICHELIN® Agricultural Tires introduced the new MICHELIN® VF520/85R42 CFO 177A8 CerexBib™ tire. Michelin’s Very High Flexion (VF) tires include a class
Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, announced the availability of Iteris ClearAg® Mobile
Stoltzfus Spreaders, which introduced the wet lime spreader in 1976, has added a 10-ton version (WLS-100) to its line of wet lime agricultural spreaders, which includes two-, four-, five- and eight-ton
The Case IH True-Tandem™ 335 Barracuda vertical tillage tool provides aggressive residue management and a blacker soil finish in heavy residue conditions
