Grazing cover crops can be a cost-effective way to achieve multiple operational goals. Cover crops can provide ground cover to prevent erosion, improve soil health over time and provide nutrient-dense forage for grazing. However, turning cattle out onto cover crops to graze without understanding the risks can lead to a wreck.

Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment.

The USDA’s 2021 Acreage report makes further cuts in anticipated dry hay acreage for 2021.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a land retirement program that provides financial compensation to landowners who voluntarily enroll highly erodible and environmentally sensitive lands.

The California Alfalfa and Forage Research Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded its second round of research grants.

In response to historic drought conditions, the USDA is offering $41.8 million through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to help agricultural producers in Arizona, California, Colorado and Oregon alleviate the immediate impacts of drought and other natural resource challenges on working lands.

The National Grazing Lands Coalition has announced some speakers for its eighth National Grazing Lands Conference (8NGLC) at the Embassy Suites Kingston Resorts in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Dec. 6-9, 2021.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include updated U.S. hay export data. The transition to summer generally sets the stage for what’s to come in the year ahead regarding hay markets, and 2021 is no different.

Entries are open for the 38th annual World Forage Analysis Superbowl. The 2021 contest, held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo, is set to award over $26,000 in cash prizes made possible by generous award sponsors. The World Forage Analysis Superbowl is open to all forage producers across North America.