Jason Felling wasn’t expecting the letter he received in the mail stating their farm, Felling Dairy LLC, was a finalist in World Forage Analysis Superbowl held at this year’s World Dairy Exp
Ben Peterson, farmer panelist, describes his farm’s challenges. The 4th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference offered farmers a forum to connect with other interested farmers and experts
AgriMarketing magazine named Krone’s BiG M 420 self-propelled mower conditioner as their 2015 Product of the Year. The BiG M was created for commercial hay and forage producers who can benefit
A strong U.S. dollar and increased competition are two factors that have led to a more difficult hay export situation. Looking back over 2015, forage exporters reflected on a year of frustration
Ferraretto is a research associate at the Miner Institute; Shaver is a dairy nutritionist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The main purpose of ensiling forages is to maintain the n
The author is director of nutritional research and innovation with Rock River Lab Inc., and adjunct assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dairy Science Department
The 2013 to 2015 drought centered on California and Nevada has been termed “Exceptionally Severe” by USDA scientists, and has brought home with a vengeance the importance of water for
Regulator 2.0, a new product from Max Systems LLC, seems to be appropriately named, since one of its main functions is to lower, or regulate, the optimum pH of a wide range of spray tank s
Ag and turf producers throughout the Midwest are once again the benefactors of a long-term agreement between Nebraska-based Kugler Co. and Wisconsin-based Hydrite Chemical Co. as the production
Still relatively light demand in most states. Weather events seem to be keeping buyers and sellers at home in some regions. Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB (except f
January is a month for post-holiday adjustment, football play-offs, W-2 forms, farm meetings and year-end financial analysis. It’s also the month when the National Agricultural Statistics Service
Perhaps nothing has gotten more attention in grazing circles during the past few years than the concept of mob or ultra-high stock density (UHSD) grazing. It’s a management-intensive system th
Though snow is not always a welcome occurrence, for alfalfa growers there is nothing that aids winter survival of the crop better than a good blanket of the white stuff. “Alfalfa loves snow,”
Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. USDA’s final estimate of alfalfa hay acres in California in 2015 was 790,000, the lowest alfalfa hay acres since
The new 3-point mounted Gladiator 1205M offers the superior strip tillage performance expected from Kuhn Krause equipment, incorporating several new features
Hay stocks are as high as they've been for the past 10 years. Still, it's probably not a good enough reason to waste hay. Hay in storage is like money in the bank —
A 12-week feeding trial completed in New York in 2015 compared shredlage and conventionally processed corn silage. The study results were recently reported by Sally Flis, feed and crops support specia
