Tag: hay
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.
Low hay supply could lead to high prices in Pa., Midwest
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pennsylvania forage growers should hope for a long fall season with good weather to help their hay crop and pastures,...
CRP land could provide some much-needed hay relief
Hello Again,Gorgeous sunshine and high temperatures are not what local farmers are hoping for. They are nice if you are at the beach but...
Local Roots Market and Cafe is celebrating a milestone
Local Roots Market and Cafe in Wooster, Ohio, is celebrating the $1 million mark.
