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Optimize timing, maintain stand longevity, prep equipment, stay flexible with baleage, and utilize hay testing ...

Cool-season grasses transition from the vegetative to the reproductive stage in May, making it the best time to harvest for yield and quality. Cut before seeds develop for best results. “Once they go ...

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.

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.

I am a regular reader of your weekly column. Thank you for the good work you are doing in educating us on many topics in livestock keeping.

I am a regular reader of your weekly column. Thank you for the good work you are doing in educating us on many topics in livestock keeping. Like any other farmer, I have had great challenges with feed ...