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Forage Market Insights: Slow simmer to fall

August 26, 2024

Joy Hendrix

With more and more new crop being produced, the hay market is simmering with slow demand and slower trade happening across the country.

Forage Market Insights: Still on summer break

July 22, 2024

Joy Hendrix

While the rest of the world may be getting ready to start getting in to the swing of things, the hay market is savoring the last of summer. Producers are holding on to good pastures, and the hay market is still on summer break.

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June 2024 new product rollout

June 17, 2024

Check out our new product rollout for June 2024.

Forage Market Insights: In the swing of summer

June 13, 2024

Joy Hendrix

The summer is in full swing and so is the next season of alfalfa. With corn in the ground and emerging, producers are chomping at the bit to get last year's crop sold and out of the barns to make room for this year's crop.

Effective weed control in an uncertain regulatory environment

By knowing your target and preparing agronomic and business contingency plans, you can help hedge your bets against uncertainty in the marketplace.

May 16, 2024

Every day, farmers deal with variables out of their control, from weather to mechanical issues to weed pressure. In recent weeks, a new variable has affected many U.S. growers.

Forage Market Insights: A splashy start to summer

May 15, 2024

Joy Hendrix

With the new crop of hay being harvested, producers are in a panic trying to sell hay from the last hay season to make room as we dive into the 2024 crop. Take a closer look at what prices and conditions in each region in the Progressive Forage Forage Market Insights column as of May 14, 2024.

May 2024 new product rollout

May 13, 2024

Check out the four new products featured in the May 2024 new product rollout.

Forage Market Insights: The final straw of 2023

April 12, 2024

Joy Hendrix

We are springing into the next hay season and hoping for high yields and higher prices. With increased moisture conditions and the promise of green grass ahead, this month is truly the final month dependent on the 2023 hay season.

$15 million approved for e-ID tagging

April 8, 2024

Abigail George

Disease traceability efforts in the livestock industry is nothing new. Aimed to help in the effort, a provision of $15 million for electronic identification (e-ID) tags was passed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 in early March 2024.

Avian influenza cases confirmed on Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio dairies and one human

The strain of the virus in all herds remains similar to the first detected, and risk to public health remains low.

April 4, 2024

Karen Lee

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in Idaho, New Mexico (two cases) and Ohio this week.