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As a cash crop, the value of all dry hay harvested in 2015 was estimated at $16.84 billion, trailing only corn ($49.04 billion) and soybeans ($34.54 billion).
We have some effective pesticides, but when do you need to apply them? The answer for many of us procrastinators is 10 days to two weeks ago. Rather than adding to a problem of selection for pesticide-resistant insects, maybe a better plan is to just cut the forage early and then monitor for continued problems.
In response to recent media reports, Monsanto Co. disclosed that it has received an unsolicited, nonbinding proposal from Bayer AG for a potential acquisition of Monsanto, subject to due diligence, regulatory approvals and other conditions.
Forage Genetics International (FGI) and Monsanto announced on May 17 that FGI has acquired all of the commercial rights from the parties’ existing alfalfa research collaboration and that Monsanto has licensed to FGI certain intellectual property relating to its alfalfa traits and technology.
If you’re facing lower land values and tightening credit conditions due to low agricultural commodity prices, you’re not alone. Quarterly surveys of lenders in numerous regional agricultural banking and credit districts show the impacts are widespread.
Kubota Corp., Osaka, Japan, parent company to Kubota U.S.A. Inc., on May 13 announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Great Plains Manufacturing Inc., based in Salina, Kansas. Once final, the purchase will expand the company’s long-time partnership with Land Pride and will include all five Great Plains divisions with multiple facilities in Kansas and a manufacturing plant in Sleaford, England.
A mild winter that reduced the need for extensive supplemental feeding in many areas helped preserve on-farm hay inventories, according to USDA’s May 10 crop production report.
Got the cold “ham sammich” blues? I hate to tell you this, but it may be a few months before you’ll have time to sit down to the warm “meat, potatoes and gravy” meals again. Here are some meal ideas ideal for consuming from the tractor seat.
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