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DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company announced in December 2015 that their boards of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
On Sept. 1, 2016, Syngenta will transfer sales and distribution of alfalfa seed to the Nexgrow branded business that is part of Forage Genetics International (FGI).
Alfalfa, the queen of forages, has held secrets for centuries. Now, those genetic mysteries are being unlocked for plant breeders seeking to make the forage crop hardier and of higher quality.
Many horse managers have a keen eye for hay quality, but their buying habits may seem fickle because they need forages to fit an array of unique preferences and animal performance requirements.
U.S. alfalfa hay exports remain a brighter spot in what is turning into a deficit ag trade picture, according to latest estimates from USDA’s Foreign Ag Service.
After a historic, decade-long run-up in agricultural land values, supply and demand might be reaching an equilibrium, according to Farmers National Company (FNC), one of the nation’s largest agricultural landowner services company.
With the 2016 hay growing and harvest season well underway, USDA’s annual acreage report indicated U.S. hay harvested area will be up from a year earlier. The report, released June 30, set estimated all hay acreage at about 56.1 million acres, up 2 percent compared with the 54.4 million acres harvested in 2015.
U.S. alfalfa hay exports were down in April, but still tipped the scales at more than 190,000 metric tons for a second consecutive month, according to USDA’s Foreign Ag Service.
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft ecological assessment report on the triazine herbicide Atrazine is drawing criticism for its substance and process.
Last March, Dr. Wayne Coblentz, a forage scientist from the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center, updated us about baleage technology during the Virginia Tech 2016 Area Dairy Conference. Following are some of the main take-home massages from Coblentz:
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