For haymakers, natural rainfall can be the devil or the savior. It’s needed and then not needed. Raindrops on the roof can make us sleep better or not sleep at all. A haymaker’s life is spent pray...
There is a lot written and said about beating the cool-season forage summer slump. Annual warm-season grasses such as sorghum species or native grasses often top the list of suggestions. However...
There are still those horse owners who think that hay treated with an organic acid preservative could have deleterious health or performance effects on their animals.Products such as buffered pr...
Writing is something ag journalists do at the office. We enjoy it; otherwise, we wouldn’t be in this profession. To be honest, though, what really gets the journalistic juices flowing for most of us...
Baleage is no longer the novel haymaking practice that it used to be. Many farmers in the humid U.S. region have now jumped on the approach of turning the balers loose in the field before hay ha...
A virtual forage revenue crop insurance listening session has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. CDT. The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) is partnering with AgriLogic...
The average price of alfalfa hay during April remained the same as the previous month at $195 per ton. According to data from the USDA’s Agricultural Prices report, this broke an 11-month consecutiv...
Alfalfa hasn’t earned its reputation as a foundational forage resource as a grazing crop. It’s been more so as a conventionally harvested crop. Still, there is no hard and fast rule that states al...
