EVERYONE is finally in or near the full swing of the 2020 hay season. Some of us in the South are working on the second cutting of spring annuals, and the fertilizer trucks are running hard...

The snow is still flying in some regions, and many hay producers are busy looking over their equipment and getting it ready to go...

It’s once again time to document what farmers are actually paying or charging to help out their neighbors with machine field operations. Custom rate guides are popular documents in those states that...

As winter has fully set in for most of the country, indoor jobs that often center around machinery maintenance are popular and beneficial at this time...

The introduction of disc mowers has allowed forages to be cut close to the ground — much closer than sickle bar mowers...

Last season was a challenging one for hay production...

In late 2018, the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a grant from the USDA-NIFA Alfalfa and Forages Research Program to investigate the effects of wheel traffic on alfalfa regrowth, yield, and quality...

The author is a forage extension agronomist with the University of Idaho. He recently attended his 50-year high school reunion and was inspired to reflect...

There's no doubt that we live in a fast-paced society. We must have everything right now and even more so have it delivered or picked up for us...

With Mother Nature being as crazy as she’s been the past few years, it makes efficient hay production even more critical...