Hay
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.