It’s time to make the first cutting of hay in Missouri, says University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Craig Roberts. Waiting too long leads to poor-quality feed for livestock next ...

BISMARCK - Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson said his request has been denied to extend hay cutting on federal conservation grasslands. Johnson wrote to State Farm Service Agency Director Gary ...

It’s nice to be headed into fall and know the barn is full of bright green hay for the ewes to enjoy over the winter. Come March and the arrival of our new lambs, we will be able to provide them with ...

FARGO - Now is the time to start cutting hay, North Dakota State University livestock and rangeland specialists advise. Although hay usually isn't harvested for the first time for another two weeks, ...

With the weather finally taking a turn towards warmer days, many farm operators are turning their thoughts to cutting hay. Cattle need a substantial amount of forage to meet their nutrition needs and ...

Summer 2020 was unrelentingly dry, and many hay producers were lucky to get a harvest of first cut hay. For most, there was no second cut at all, because nothing grew. Customers and farmers themselves ...

FIRST-CUT HAY season has passed. The fields you see being cut now are likely those whose farmers snatched the right moment between spring rain storms for those minimum three dry days needed to cut, ...