Indiana’s forage crop is thriving after an extremely mild winter, and a new Purdue University website offers growers and livestock producers a place to buy and sell it. Forage Finder, found at http://www.foragefinder.org/, can help growers [...]
“You can’t have a conversation about hay production and not mention the weather,” says Dr. Kevin Shinners, Professor of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As with any agricultural crop, that’s the No. 1 challenge [...]
Livestock love alfalfa. Alfalfa doesn’t always love them back. As a crop, alfalfa is worth about $8 billion each year to the United States economy because of its role in domestic beef cattle and dairy industries, [...]
Hay producers can now determine the moisture content of the hay they are baling on the go with the Advanced Baler-Mounted Hay Moisture Tester from John Deere. The hay moisture tester has many features, including multi-sensor [...]
Beck’s Hybrids is pleased to announce a new program that will allow for further product segmentation in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan. The Choice Trials program will allow Beck’s to provide growers with more products [...]
Vermeer Corporation introduces the newest partner in its forage product line with Vermeer brand netwrap – Vermeer™ Net, available for 4′ and 5′ balers, and Rebel™ net, designed for Vermeer Rebel® Series Balers. Featuring superior net [...]




