Category Archives: Hay Clippings Blog

Compared to the last report, prices have remained steady but there is a definite strength to the market for all types of new crop forage. Input cost for the producer has also risen, as with everything else in the world, … Continue reading →

What are the biggest threats facing America’s grasslands and landowners in the Great Plains? The two biggest threats facing America’s grasslands are industrialization, coupled with commercial row-crop agriculture, and afforestation or planting trees in treeless ecosystems, which leads to woody … Continue reading →

W-L Alfalfas has one of the most robust alfalfa variety offerings in the industry, with over 20 distinct elite proprietary varieties, one or more of which will meet nearly every alfalfa growers needs, and often exceed expectations. Sellers can point … Continue reading →

Did you know that tree seeds can be dispersed 100 to 200 yards away from the “mother” tree? In this video, Doug Spencer explains the negative effect that trees have on the prairie.This series, from the Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition … Continue reading →

This Radio Program aired June 8th and was drawn from an article that originally appeared on the June 7, 2022 AgManager.info page from K-State’s Department of Agricultural Economics, and reprinted in our Hay Clippings eBlog on June 9th.

In alfalfa production, productivity is the name of the game. Forage Genetics International has developed several traits that have improved productivity of alfalfa over the years.

Compared to the last report, overall alfalfa price was 5.00 higher while grass hay was mostly steady. Movement remains slow. Everyone is busy in the fields putting up hay unless it is raining. Rain was reported again last week, even … Continue reading →

What does a harvest delay on an alfalfa cutting cost a producer trying to achieve a high quality crop. Most often it is the difference in the price of grinding hay vs. dairy quality alfalfa and in today’s economy perhaps … Continue reading →

By Jennifer Ifft – K-State Department of Agricultural Economics; John Holman – K-State Department of Agronomy, Western Kansas; and Sylvanus Gaku – K-State Department of Agricultural Economics Annual Forage (AF) insurance is a rainfall index product similar to Pasture, Rangeland, … Continue reading →