Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

LIVESTOCK MONITOR – Total U.S. hay exports set new records in 2017 both in volume and in dollars. Those data are compiled by USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service. Total tonnage shipped in hay including cubes, compressed bales, and dehydrated products was … Continue reading →

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, MANHATTAN – The results of the 2017 Kansas Performance Tests with summer annual forage hay varieties are available online at http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/services/crop-performance-tests/forages/2017-summer-forages-performance-tests.html. The results are summarized by location and are split into hay and silage categories. Summer annual forage … Continue reading →

By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist COW/CALF CORNER – Recent rains eliminated or greatly reduced drought in the eastern half of Oklahoma but conditions in the western half of the state continue to worsen.  Nine counties of … Continue reading →

KSU SWREC – Great presentation on Summer Annual Forages http://www.southwest.k-state.edu/documents/2018-JohnHolman-Annual-Forages.pdf A presentation by Dr. John Holman for the Kansas Farm Bureau Hay and Forage Committee. Summer annual forages are an important resource for western Kansas’s livestock industry. Knowledge of different … Continue reading →

RANGE_EAST – We tested how the seasonality of prescribed fire affected the vegetation in a tallgrass prairie. http://www.gpfirescience.org/uploads/annountspublis/pdfs/20181seasonofburning.pdf

    You are invited to be part of the 7th National Grazing Lands Conference (7NGLC). Hosted by the National Grazing Lands Coalition or NatGLC, this year’s theme is “Taking the Gamble out of Grazing.” The 7NGLC will provide those … Continue reading →

Cropping Systems: Consider various factors before applying a fungicide. By Brian Lang, ISU Extension field agronomist. Contact him at bjlang@iastate.edu. WALLACES FARMER – The use of foliar fungicide on alfalfa is a popular topic among growers. Despite the lack of … Continue reading →

RANGE_EAST – You are invited to participate in a one-day forum focusing on the recent wildfire events of 2016 and 2017 in the Southern Plains. The meeting will take place on February 13, 2018, beginning at 9:00 AM, at the … Continue reading →

GARDEN CITY – Kansas State University Research and Extension and the Kansas Forage and Grassland Council (KSFGC) in collaboration with many private forage industry supporters will be hosting the Southwest Kansas Forage Conference on February 21, 2018 at the Southwest … Continue reading →

From the “Livestock Monitor,” Livestock Marketing Information Center DENVER – Based on producer surveys, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) significantly reduced the U.S. hay yield per acre for 2017, compared to earlier estimates, as reported in the Crop Production … Continue reading →