October 5, 2021• Congratulations to the Watertown, Wis., FFA team for winning the 2021 World Cup Forage Contest held at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. The contest requires students to take a writ...
September 7, 2021• This Kansas State University extension specialist reminds producers to test feeds for nitrate and prussic acid concentrations this fall.• Avoid soil compaction during the upcomi...
July 6, 2021• The USDA’s Acreage report pegs 2021 hay acres at 51.5 million, down about 1% from last year. Alfalfa acres retreated less than 1% to 16.1 million acres. Final estimates won’t...
June 1, 2021• Iowa State University offers advice for controlling multiflora rose and Canada thistle.• Here’s an interesting read on the history and development of the large round bale.• The K...
May 4, 2021• The University of California in Davis recently released a cost study for producing organic hay.• Wisconsin’s updated custom rate guide is now available.• Milk production in 2020 w...
April 6, 2021• Harvested hay acres in the U.S. during 2021 is projected to total 51.7 million, according to USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report. That total is 1% lower than 2020.• Corn pla...
March 2, 2021• Year-over-year U.S. milk production was up 1.6% in January, according to USDA’s Milk Production report. This marked the eighth consecutive month that milk production was greater tha...
February 2, 2021• Year-over-year milk production in the U.S. rose another 3.1% during December. That marked seven consecutive months of higher production compared to 2019. The nation’s dairy herd...
January 5, 2021• The California Department of Water Resources found 10.5 inches of snow water equivalent in its first Sierra Nevada snow pack survey of the year. That total is 93% of the historical...
