Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

The Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership is excited to announce the publication of the first Illinois Cover Crop Incentive Directory. While the directory aims to provide a clear comparison of several programs that offer payment incentives to Illinois farmers for growing … Continue reading →

Compared to the last report, the hay market was a bit calmer this past week, meaning we didn’t see the huge upward changes that we have seen in recent weeks. Folks are busy in the fields either harvesting, planting wheat, … Continue reading →

Most of our late summer and fall seeded alfalfa is up and growing – and most will have some weed infestation. Now is the time to knock those weeds out. Viable seed is produced from even the smallest of plants … Continue reading →

Southeast Kansas has been in a severe drought for most of this year’s growing season. Poor crop and pasture yields have led to limited feed options and increased forage price tags for cattle producers. Two thousand twelve offered very similar … Continue reading →

How this common cover crop unlocks the possibility of growing food on Martian soil John Wanamaker and Ngoc Bui Farming on Earth can be challenging enough with intensifying droughts and climate events. But a team of researchers is trying to figure out … Continue reading →

In 2022, forage production was limited during the summer, and filling the gaps during the fall/winter will be a challenge. Small grain forages can be a profitable option for producers. They can be planted in the fall and either terminated … Continue reading →

Millions of tons of crop residue and other low-quality forages are produced every year in the United States. However, because of their bulkiness, relatively low energy and protein feeding value, and value for covering the soil, little of this abundant … Continue reading →

Late summer and fall can be an excellent time to treat unwanted stands of woody plants. Scattered stands of individual trees should either be treated individually using the basal bark method (for labeled plants less than 4-6 inches in diameter) … Continue reading →

Many Kansas cattle operations rely on some type of harvested feed to use in the winter months and common among those sources is forage sorghum, millets, sorghum-sudangrass, and sudan. Forages in the sorghum family are prone to two different problems … Continue reading →

This Midwest DEWS Research Webinar highlighted results from a NIDIS-funded research study that analyzed the rapid transitions in precipitation extremes in the Midwest. The Midwest region regularly experiences precipitation extremes, both flood and drought. However, these extremes and their corresponding … Continue reading →