With milk, beef, and hay prices being on the south side of desired for sellers of those commodities in 2016, one tidbit of good news on the input side of the ledger can be found in fertilizer prices.I

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

The 2017 GrassWorks Grazing Conference will be a celebration of 25 years of learning, networking, good local food, and fellowship. Planned for February 2 – 4 in Wisconsin Dells, this special 2

Worksaver, Inc. is now offering adapters for loaders used on Versatile, Ford and New Holland Bidirectional™ tractors.Four adapter models are available to convert loaders to either the “Universal

Growers are about to gain smarter, simpler options for controlling and managing their irrigation pivots. Valley® Irrigation, the leader in irrigation technology, introduces the smartest center

This item has been supplied by a forage marketer and has not been edited, verified or endorsed by Hay & Forage Grower. Krone, a leader in the North American hay and forage equipment market, ann

The 2016 Midwest and Eastern US forage crop is projected to yield greater milk volume (pounds per cow) based upon nutrient content and digestibility trends (Goeser, 2016 World Dairy Expo Forage

Pioneer® brand corn products continued to provide National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) yield contest participants with big wins in 2016. Overall, the NCGA awarded seven national and 1

Craig Dick has joined Midwestern BioAg as the company’s first Director of Wholesale. He is responsible for developing a network of agricultural retailers to carry the Midwestern BioAg product

Midwest Forage Association Dairy, beef, and hay producers, as well as custom operators and nutrient applicators should mark their calendars for January 23-25 for the 2017 Symposium

With the holidays in the rearview mirror, the last vestige of a distraction to the routine of feeding cows during winter has come and gone. Now it’s snow, ice, sleet, rain, mud, cold, and wind ...

Many beef cows have a heavier mature weight and greater milk production compared to 40 years ago. As such, “Most commercial producers would underestimate the mature size of their cows,” says

Injecting manure into tilled fields or after an annual crop has been harvested is a common practice. Doing the same into a perennial forage hayfield has been viewed as more problematic because of the

All-hay and alfalfa November hay price averages were both lower in USDA’s most recent Agricultural Prices report released last week. The all-hay price was $128 per ton, down $3 per ton from the prev

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Almond and pistachio trees are still being planted in California’s Central Valley, according to sources. Some

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

Feed costs (including homegrown forages, grains, & purchased feeds) are the #1 cost on virtually all dairy farms. Yet this is an area that is often left underexplored. While increasing forag

· A legislative bill (AB 2504) is being proposed and discussed in California that would require an assessment of not more than 10 cents per pound on alfalfa seed sold in that

Even in the Deep South January plantings don’t make the preferred planting window list for winter pastures that will bridge the April to June forage gap. That said, it might be an option when

Raising oats in the fall as forage for cattle is gaining popularity among dairy farmers.Wayne Coblentz, a USDA Agricultural Research Service dairy scientist in Marshfield, Wis., says that oats provide