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

May 7, 2019• Yesterday’s USDA Crop Progress report indicated that only XX percent of the U.S. corn crop is planted. This compares to XX percent at the same time last year. The past five-year

A week ago, I emailed the manager at our company’s Hoard’s Dairyman Farm and asked him if they had contemplated cutting alfalfa yet.His response: “We’re going to cut some today,

With the rising cost of raising and feeding dairy heifers in confinement, there has been more interest in putting young stock out to pasture. Rotational grazing can lower expenses, minimize labor for

Damaged forage stands from a harsh winter, deteriorating stands from a wet spring, and the approaching warm summer weather have left farmers questioning what options they have for growing forage this

American farmers are the backbone of this country. Since our nation’s founding, farmers have toiled and strived to feed both this nation and the world. Since 1926, Pioneer has worked side by side

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 tabl

Working closely with growers the past 10 years, I too often recognized that high-quality forage didn’t materialize with a traditional harvest approach

Through a Conservation Innovation Grant from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services, the University of Missouri is developing tools to improve the yield and nutritive value of pasture forages

Jim Wulf likes to feed cattle, but he’s also a man who spends a lot of time thinking about soil and its capability to grow plants

Alfalfa is an important livestock feed, especially for dairy production and horses. Genetically-modified (GMO) resistance to glyphosate herbicide became available to farmers in 2011

The Southern Great Plains can provide an abundance of forage for putting weight on stocker cattle