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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Japan copes with disaster; Chinese crush capacity boosts oil exports; alfalfa hay in high demand
Limited supplies, renewed dairy demand set the stage for 2011 prices to reach second-highest level ever
Genetically modified alfalfa available; tips for negotiating with buyers; new executive ag seminar for women
This new category recognizes the growth and importance of grass-based forages.
House Ag panel members unified in opposition
Relative feed value is more important for dairy than beef producers, who should focus on TDN.
Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer gives the step-by-step process to this in-field procedure.
Beef Today will be hosting an educational forum on “Keys to Forage Profitability” at the AgConnect Expo.
See this week’s USDA Crop Progress and Condition Rating reports.
Corn, cotton and grain sorghum condition all have the same percentages good and excellent as last week. Soybeans improved by two percentage points.
Before you start cutting hay, take a close look at your mower conditioner, rake and baler.
A hay fire is imminent if you detect these signs in your hay storage area
The authority has shifted back into the hands of the USDA and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service after a 7-1 Supreme Court ruling Monday on the case of Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms.
•Because most fires occur within six weeks of hay baling, be sure to monitor your bales daily during that time.
Supreme Court ruling could allow Roundup Ready Alfalfa planting in fall 2010