Tag: hay
Understanding the hay market
Attending a sale searching to purchase hay can be exhausting. Check out this guide to know what the terms mean and what the hay means for your animals.
Kuhn wins multiple innovation awards for hay-making equipment
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Kuhn was recently awarded two AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
The AE50 award was given...
Tough year for haymaking, as well
It's not just the grain crops that are hurting this year. Forage and hay production is being affected, as well.
Good year to test your forages
With the wet year that we've had, you may want to test your forages.
Learning from mistakes: Late-born calves lead to a year of hard-hit...
Harry Kenney, of Kenney Farms: "We are trying to maintain high quality forage as close to year around and winter feeding with hay. If a cow can’t live on hay and grass I don’t want it here.”
How much hay are you losing in storage?
How much hay are you losing when you just stack it on ground? The more protection you provide, the less hay you will lose.
Reduce hay storage loss cheaply
Over the years we have seen hay go from being taken to the barn loose, to small square bales put in a barn, to small round bales being made to feed right out of the baler.
Buy hay by weight, not by bales
Recently, a local hay producer asked what hay was worth. Of course, each forage producer will have a different cost of production.After he told...
Cattlemen wonder what’s next for market
Reducing waste may outweigh the costs of the feed this year.
Need hay? Ohio’s online directory can connect farmers
Ohio’s Hay Directory, along with other drought-related information, is now available online.
