Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

Compared to the last report, demand remains slow, and trade activity is slow. Grinding alfalfa and ground and delivered alfalfa prices continue their softer trend, with dairy hay retaining its value. Grass hay prices this past week were mostly steady. … Continue reading →

KATHYONPASTURE – By Don Ashford Two of the goals that all producers should work toward with their grazing operations are sustainability and balance. In a sustainable operation, renewable resources are harvested in a way that allows their inherent regeneration and … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report, demand remains slow, and trade activity is slow to moderate. Grinding alfalfa and ground and delivered alfalfa prices have tumbled due to the quantity of rained on hay, with low testing hay moving to the … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report, demand has slowed, and trade activity is slow to moderate. Grinding alfalfa prices continue to soften while higher quality alfalfa has retained its value. Grass hay prices are steady to a touch higher. Some producers … Continue reading →

The Bluestem Pasture Survey provides reliable, accurate information to Kansas ranchers and the agricultural community as a whole. The survey asks about native tallgrass pasture availability, leasing rates, and fencing rates.

Several prescribed fire, burn schools are being added to the 2023 calendar. Be on the lookout for more information regarding the July 27, Burn School at the Z Bar Ranch, the August 17 Pasture Burn School at Silver Lake, KS, … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report on June 27th, demand remains good, trade activity slow to moderate, and prices dropped significantly lower in the last two weeks for grinding alfalfa. However, there is an undertone of strength to the grass hay … Continue reading →

By Kathy Voth August 1, 2022 [From 2022] Earlier this summer I wrote about adapting to new climate normals and what warmer temperatures, longer droughts and more extreme weather events mean for agriculture. It was a kind of bleak picture, and I … Continue reading →

By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist – COWCALF CORNER This week we re-visit the potential benefits of creep grazing.  While creep feeding, based on grains, has been studied in the animal science field for many … Continue reading →

Shared by Dr. Carol Baldwin, RANGE EAST – Many ranchers/farmers have grown tired of the increasing animal (and financial) losses and the associated human stress caused by calving during more extreme February and March weather. Calving on grass has become … Continue reading →