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What looms ahead for fuel prices in 2018?

January 25, 2018

Cassidy Woolsey

It’s that time of year when growers start looking at what fuel prices are going to do for the coming year. And according to Tina Hampton of RE Powell, one of the largest fuel distributors in the Pacific Northwest, prices are expected to be higher this year.

The global forage market: Who’s who in exports

January 23, 2018

Cassidy Woolsey

A new year brings new opportunity, and for those in the forage exports market, that global opportunity looks fairly optimistic.

Hay Market Report: Exports up, inventories down

January 15, 2018

Dave Natzke

Hay marketers had plenty of USDA numbers to contemplate as 2018 got underway. U.S. alfalfa exports continue at a record pace, year-end data showed a smaller 2017 hay harvest, new acres seeded to alfalfa in 2017 were the lowest in a decade, and on-farm hay inventories entering winter were the smallest in years.

Winter U.S. hay inventories smallest since 2012

January 15, 2018

Dave Natzke

Growing-season drought in some major hay-producing states, increased hay exports and large numbers of forage-consuming cattle in the nation’s beef and dairy herds resulted in the smallest on-farm hay inventories entering winter since 2012, according to the USDA’s Crop Production report, released Jan. 12.

Northwest: 2018 should provide some profits

January 10, 2018

Northwest alfalfa and timothy producers should remain slightly profitable in 2018, according to the latest Northwest Farm Credit Services’ Hay Market Snapshot report. Exports favor strong alfalfa sales, but low dairy profitability will provide sturdy headwinds.

Test your forage quality IQ

January 9, 2018

Lynn Jaynes

At the recent Western Alfalfa and Forage Symposium in Reno, Nevada, participants were asked to respond to a clicker survey-quiz, as presented by forage specialists Glenn Shewmaker (University of Idaho), Dan Putnam (University of California – Davis) and Shannon Mueller (University of California – Fresno Extension).

President Trump delivers remarks to Farm Bureau members

January 9, 2018

Keith Good

President Donald Trump addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) 99th annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. The president touched on a variety of issues, including tax reform, regulations, rural broadband, the farm bill, crop insurance and trade.

Kansas State University’s lab can now analyze forage samples

January 8, 2018

Mary Lou Peter

Kansas State University’s analytical lab has expanded its services and can now analyze forage samples to give farmers and ranchers a clearer picture of what their animals are consuming.

Farm groups launch 'Farm Town Strong' campaign to address rural opioid epidemic

January 3, 2018

As farming communities face mounting challenges with the nation’s opioid epidemic, the nation’s two largest general farm organizations are teaming up to confront the issue.

Linamar to acquire the MacDon Group of Companies

December 18, 2017

Below is a letter released on Dec. 14, 2017, from MacDon Industries: Today we are announcing that we have entered into an agreement to sell the MacDon Group of Companies to Linamar Corp., a Canadian company headquartered in Guelph, Ontario.