Second-cutting fescue makes quality hay when stems and seed heads were cut earlier. Farmers cutting fescue hay don’t get many second chances to make quality hay. This is a one-in-five year, says Craig ...

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 ...

Cutting hay when the seed head first appears is best for nutritional value For farming and ranching families, summertime often brings with it hay cutting. Knowing when to cut the hay is key for ...

Piling cut hay into windrows makes your baler more efficient. Want to get started on small-scale hay production? Learn how to tell when a hay field is ready to cut with expert advice for beginners.

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, ...

TOWNER, N.D. -- When I was in college, an animal nutrition professor always called alfalfa "the king of hay." Whatever you measured -- crude protein, relative feed value, taste, smell, bovine ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana's second hay cutting is lower yielding, but higher in nutritional value than the first. Knowing this can help cattle producers decide on a feeding program and supplement ...

It’s been an especially rough few years for farmers and growers trying to recover from the pandemic, between supply chain issues, record heat last year and abnormally late freezing temperatures this ...

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 ...