Hay that has been cut and then rained on can lose quality in four ways. These include: 1) leaching of soluble carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, 2) increased and prolonged plant respiration, 3) ...

Be careful how you answer that question. Cost and expense are two different things. Everyone worries about the expense of building barns for hay storage. Yes, barns are a big capital expense.

University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts sees haymaking as a “game of threes” with producers needing to manage equipment expenses, quality and yield to turn a profit.

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

Supplemental feed is the number one cost for most livestock and horse owners. In addition, nutrition has a substantial impact on animal health and performance. This holiday season, consider saving on ...

30 October 2020, Lower Saxony, Ronnenberg: Bales of straw, decorated with faces, lie at the edge of a field. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg/picture alliance via Getty ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Hay prices in Idaho started the year really hot, with some prices north of $300 a ton, but since then they’ve come down to about $200 a ton. A snowy winter was followed by first, ...

Nowadays people use the terms hay and straw interchangeably, and in most cases, it makes no difference whatsoever. For example, we say we were on a hayride at a get-together even though the wagons are ...

The Australian Fodder Industry Association says hay prices surged this week including cereal hay jumping $100 per tonne in central South Australia. One hay producer says he has received threatening ...