Mesbergen Farms feels the need for speed — and so do his customers. After all, when the alfalfa is ready to cut, the farmers and local dairies north of Greeley, Colorado, don’t want delays
Alfalfa is a staple in the diets of high-producing dairy cows across the nation due to its ideal contributions of crude protein and physically effective fiber in TMRs
Once again in 2018, the monthly All Hay and Alfalfa Hay price category averages both moved higher during May, based on USDA’s most recent Agricultural Prices report released last week. The All Hay
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
June 5, 2018• The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) recently announced that five research proposals from a total of 15 submissions will be funded through the U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research
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 th
Within the United States, only 10 percent of alfalfa stands are seeded with a forage grass. “That’s hard for us in the Northeast to believe because in the Northeast about 85 percent of the
Export buyers are confirming good demand for western alfalfa hay during the past two weeks. This has been the case in Washington, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. Alfalfa for export sales in Washington and Id
The forage industry’s first genetically enhanced, reduced-lignin alfalfa trait, known as HarvXtra® Alfalfa, developed to maximize quality by reducing the amount of lignin in the plant
A common recommendation of agronomists is to let one alfalfa cutting reach bloom each year. Ev Thomas, retired agronomist from the Miner Research Institute in Chazy, N.Y., says otherwise in The Willi
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 all-hay and alfalfa hay price averages both moved significantly higher during April based on USDA’s most recent Agricultural Prices report released last week. The all-hay price hit $162 per ton
In the first week of trading on large offerings of new crop alfalfa hay last week in Washington, export buyers were the main force in the market. Of the 44,406 tons of all hay confirmed by The Hoyt Re
Alfalfa researchers were the beneficiaries of the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) second round of research funding through the U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research Initiative
Make a wrong forage harvest timing decision and it will cost you during the months ahead. Most producers are well aware of this mantra. However, a lesser-known fact is that the height of alfalfa is a key
A combination of feedback from contacts in the West, USDA’s Prospective Plantings report in late March, and May 1 hay stocks estimates last week are pointing to reduced 2018, alfalfa hay supplies
