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Farmers often grow hay and forage crops on ground too rough, steep or unsuitable for row crops.
This means it’s especially important to prepare fields and machines for safe use.
In the last 25 years, there may have been more hay fires than in the past because high moisture is retained longer in the more dense and massive types of bales.
When it comes to alfalfa, many growers believe they have to choose quality, yield or productivity and that increasing one element will automatically reduce the others.
Fortunately, you don’t have to trade one for the other, if you keep a few fundamentals in mind:
Many producers throughout the country keep enduring tough weather conditions.
In the last five years, the region has experienced five different records or near-records for the last 40 years.
The following came in response to the article 'Inoculating forage legumes' which appeared in the March first edition. Click here to read the original article.
We are all familiar with the old saying that “Good fences make good neighbors.”
Although this is true in most cases, other benefits must not be overlooked.
Pasture systems support their own unique plant and animal species. The need to control weeds in pastures and reduce herbicide and mowing cost to control undesirable species has increased due to higher fuel and chemical prices.
Small-grain crops are used extensively in some areas for various types of forage production and animal feeding operations.
Small grains used to the greatest extent are wheat and triticale; however, rye, barley and oats are utilized also.
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