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In a short statement issued earlier today, AGCO Corporation says it has reached “agreement in principle” to acquire the forage division of Lely Group. Lely’s forage lineup includes a broad range of equipment, including mowers, tedders, rakers, balers and more.
Significant alfalfa losses experienced in eastern Wisconsin
Duane Alberts and his brothers David and Richard were in the eye of the 2013 maelstrom that left thousands of acres of Minnesota and Wisconsin alfalfa dead from winterkill.
Alfalfa and hay supplies are key this year—a building U.S. cattle herd, long-term diminishing forage acreage, water constraints in the West, drought and rising exports will support hay prices in 2014.
Recent cooler temperatures and gray skies in Amarillo, Texas are predicted to remain through the rest of the week, and most likely into the weekend, with a light breeze and at least a 40 to 60 percent chance of rain each day.
Trish Schneider, of Burt, N.D., is looking for all the hay she can get this years as she deals with a poor hay crop of her own and has to feed 150 cows this winter. She is haying Conservation Reserve Program acres to help pick up some more tonnage.
It is very important to remember what to do in order to avoid major damage to our production and stored forages.
Dry conditions this year have reminded many how quickly fires can ignite causing damage, destroying equipment, future feedstuffs and hopefully NOT injuring you in the process.
Planting alfalfa this summer or fall? Romulo Lollato and Doo-Hong Min, forage specialists with Kansas State University, have some best practices to make sure your investment pays off.
There is a simple way to accurately measure moisture content by using a microwave.
The ‘windrow disease’ that often follows rained on windrows presents lingering problems.
As farmers prepare to sharpen the pencil, I think it is important to look at what hay costs to produce.
First cutting alfalfa harvest details make a positive difference.
As we enter this growing season, alfalfa fields are showing great potential for good tonnage production. Alfalfa can withstand temperatures as low as 20° F. However, several hours of 25 to 27° F or lower temperatures could damage leaf tissue and the alfalfa growing points.
Be careful how you answer that question. Cost and expense are two different things.
Proper storage methods can reduce losses and save forage and money.
Lawmakers last year submitted several bills seeking to regulate farm rides after a 2014 hayride crash in Mechanic Falls killed a 17-year-old girl and injured more than 20 others.
If you’re a hay farmer with an iPad, you can now use your Apple tablet as your in-cab display for your Harvest Tec 400T Automatic Applicator system.
Lower profit potential on irrigated ground will only look worse if La Niña comes calling this summer, dragging drought into the picture. Do any alternatives options for that land look lucrative?
The quality of hay can’t be judged by looking at it or touching it.
A new program aims to show livestock farmers in three states how to best graze their way to healthier animals, increased profits and cleaner waterways.
Krone announced Wednesday night that it would begin selling four lower horsepower models of their BigX Forage Harvesters in North America.
As crops come out of the field, manure application equipment typically begins going in.
The EasyCut TC 400 and EasyCut TC 500 are the newest models to join Krone’s lineup of mower conditioners.
The BiG Pack 870 High Speed (HS) HDP is the newest large square baler with Krone’s unique MultiBale technology.
Felling Dairy, Sauk Centre, Minn., took Grand Champion honors and was awarded a $2,500 check for its BMR corn silage entry in the World Forage Analysis Superbowl.
The Vermeer BW5500 bale wrapper is designed to give large volume hay operations and custom operators faster wrapping times and more operational control.
Designed with productivity, flexibility and convenience in mind, the MC4500 has a 15-foot (4.5-m) cutting width to meet the needs of large volume operators.