This year’s wet conditions have disrupted many hay cutting schedules across Iowa, leaving many producers uncertain about when ...
ST. PAUL -- Forage growers and advisers can use several strategies for gauging alfalfa growth and maturity for harvest decisions to meet feed needs. These include PEAQ sticks, scissors-cut sampling, ...
FARGO - Anyone planning to harvest Conservation Reserve Program fields for hay this year should do so as soon as possible, according to Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University Extension Service ...
When possible, hay should make up a large portion of a horse’s diet. Most mature horses should be fed 1.5 to 2.5 percent of their body weight in forages daily. Long stem forage, such as hay, is ideal ...
Rained-on hay plagues all of us eventually. The “windrow disease” that often follows presents lingering problems. Windrow disease—that’s the name given to the striped appearance in fields where ...
ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) - A Vermont farmer is searching for answers after dozens of his hay bales were vandalized. Ethan Lawrence of Lawrence Family Farms said he was mowing a field when he ...