Hay
With alfalfa being one of the most important forage crops on the farm and feed prices on the rise, it’s critical to ensure your stand is harvested in a timely manner to maximize quality while preserving quantity
New Holland Agriculture has announced an expansion of its implement product lines by way of its acquisition of the Grass and Soil business of Kongskilde Industries, part of the Danish Group Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab. This business develops, manufactures and sells tillage, hay and forage implements under various brand names.
The companies issued reports on the first quarter of 2013 this morning, including projections about Tier 4 Final expenses.
Hurricane Ida ravaged Louisiana agriculture this fall. The hurricane brought as much as two feet of rain in some areas, as producers grappled with losses and aftermath as those in surrounding states stepped into help.
If pasture, rangeland or forage is important to your farm’s success, insurance could be a valuable risk-management tool.
Weeds can reduce the quantity and the stand life of desirable forage plants in pastures and hayfields.
Variety selection, precise management and optimal environment are grower’s premium.
Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay.
Supply is currently outpacing demand. If that continues hay prices will remain relatively the same.
With the start of spring comes the start of allergy season, but not for some farm kids, researchers say.
A farm aid nonprofit is launching an effort to deliver donated hay to ranchers in flood-stricken Nebraska, resurrecting a program first used nearly two years ago to help cattle producers facing drought conditions.
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture looking for trucking donations to move hay for their hay lottery.
We need to be cognizant at all times of the potential for fires to start while baling hay or straw and take measures to minimize the potential of a fire occurring.
Although spotty, there are signs of stabilization underway in portions of the Corn Belt farmland market.
A punishing drought that stretches across much of the U.S. Northern Plains could cause farmers to lose 64 million bushels of wheat production this year, according to federal officials.
Northern Plains farmers harvest before kernels can fully form.
Formerly merged into Channel Bio Corp (owned by Monsanto) Midwest Seed Genetics will be relaunched in the Corn Belt for the 2017/2018 season. Founder Don Funk says this comes at a time that farmers are asking for more options.
The drought plaguing eastern Montana and much of North and South Dakota came on quickly and is intensifying, leading ranchers to sell their cattle and farmers to harvest early whatever crops that have grown so far this summer.
The estimate of area harvested was unchanged from the figure shown in their June acreage report and only up a fraction of a percent from last year.
International demand from China is changing the game for U.S. hay production.
Crops and pastures continue to suffer in North Dakota as drought persists.
Baleage can provide a high-quality fermented forage, but careful attention to management is needed to produce a consistent, uniform feed.
Extreme drought conditions throughout the Northern Plains have led to a shortage of hay and pasture
One of the contributing factors to our alfalfa stand losses is a root rot called Aphanomyces race 2. The prolonged wet conditions allowed this root disease to finish off already-weakened alfalfa crowns.
North Dakota drought worrying crop and livestock producers
Gov. Doug Burgum has further relaxed commercial driving restrictions to help drought-stricken North Dakota farmers and ranchers.