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Declining hay acres and fewer dairy cattle might have an impact on what direction hay prices go.

A tornado on March 12 near Roswell, New Mexico, damaged a number of dairy farms and forced at least one farm to euthanize at least 150 cattle.

One of the challenges when pricing standing hay is the lack of an established market like corn or soybeans.

Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. is purchasing two cheese processing plants in New Mexico and Wisconsin, helping expand the dairy processors footprint in the U.S.

To accelerate alfalfa research and cultivar development, scientists at the Noble Research Institute developed the Alfalfa Breeder’s Toolbox, a web-based portal to allow alfalfa breeders and researchers share data.

Johnson says the wall is needed and he’s willing to give the government an easement on his land to build it.

A New Mexico Senate proposal would make it a misdemeanor to organize or participate in a coyote-killing contest. The events were banned on nine million acres of state trust land last month.

High prices rationed hay disappearance between December 1 to May 1 to the lowest level since 2013/14 at 64 million tons.

Harvested tons of all hay trended higher during most of the 20th Century, but lower during the 21st Century.

Forage maturity is the biggest driver of nutritional quality.

Here is a bit of information for those producers that are considering planting alfalfa this year.

“The reality is, bale density, or the hardness of the bale, has a heck of a lot to do with your return on investment.”

If we want to save the energy of the starch and sugars for our cattle, we need to dry off the first 15-20% moisture as quickly as possible.

A simple stem counting technique can give you a good idea about your alfalfa stand’s yield potential.

As we move forward to a late spring, temperatures are warming up and alfalfa producers are having questions on how to access their alfalfa fields for winter injury.