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

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

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.

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.

Case IH unveils latest updates to model year 2019 disc mower conditioners.

In order to successfully produce alfalfa, there are several things that are important.

The hay harvest is projected to see a minor drop from last year, but is still higher than the 2016 hay crop, the smallest harvest since 1906.

First cutting is the most important and critical of the alfalfa growing season. A late start of this growing season will determine multiple things during this year’s production.

Windrow disease presents special challenges.

This week USDA issued clarification on the alfalfa issues farmers are experiencing related to MFP.

Although pea aphid populations can vary quite a bit from field to field it is important to monitor their populations to ensure that loss due to their feeding doesn’t occur.