Dr. Dennis Hancock has been selected as the center director of the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDFRC), Madison, Wisconsin. His appointment was effective Jan. 19, 2020.

All hay stored on U.S. farms as of Dec. 1, 2019, totaled nearly 84.5 million tons, up 7% from a year earlier, according to the USDA’s Crop Production report, released Jan. 10.

Stronger U.S. sales of tractors and self-propelled combines in December helped push 2019 sales numbers slightly ahead of year-earlier totals, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

The USDA provided updated hay production and inventory estimates as the calendar changed to a new year and decade.

Position description: Assistant professor of forage systems

The department of animal and veterinary sciences (AVS) in the college of agriculture, forestry and life sciences at Clemson University invites applications for a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position with emphasis in forage-livestock production systems.

The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) is pleased to announce the formation of a new state affiliate council: Florida Forage and Grassland Council (FFGC). Florida becomes the 22nd state affiliate group of American Forage and Grassland Council.

A notice in the Federal Register (#62502, Vol. 84, No. 221, issued Nov. 15, 2019) says in part:

U.S. October 2019 alfalfa hay exports surged to a record monthly high of 286,608 metric tons (MT), with sales to China hitting 128,582 MT, also a U.S. record high for any month to any single country.