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Forage Market Insights: Moisture conditions improving to start 2025

Large supplies and moderate to weaker demand continued to put pressure on hay markets.

January 9, 2025

Here’s Progressive Forage’s look at factors impacting hay producers and markets as a new year gets underway.

Forage Market Insights: 2024 plans taking shape

Many U.S. hay and forage growers are starting the new growing season under the best moisture conditions in quite a while.

February 15, 2024

Dave Natzke

Here’s Progressive Forage’s monthly look at factors impacting hay markets across the U.S.

Making the best of poor-quality forages

Untimely rains challenged forage quality during the 2023 growing season. Although not ideal, implementing strategic measures can safeguard the long-term health and success of dairy operations.

December 8, 2023

Jesse Petersen

Every year, I discuss the importance of high-quality forages with the dairymen I work with. Most years, we see above-average forage value. However, the 2023 crop year brought on some new challenges we hadn’t experienced for quite a while.

Forage Market Insights: There’s hay in the manger

December 12, 2022

Dave Natzke

Whether buying or selling hay, there’s plenty to unwrap as the calendar year comes to a close.

The modern hay market

September 29, 2021

Jaclyn De Candio

Like the rest of agribusiness, hay commerce has been touched by digitalization – specifically the internet. More frequently, we see buyers and sellers meeting over platforms like Craigslist and even Facebook as opposed to the traditional local classifieds.