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 ...

This year’s wet conditions have disrupted many hay cutting schedules across Iowa, leaving many producers uncertain about when or whether to take a final alfalfa harvest. As we move into fall, it’s ...

GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)- A Greeley farmer with a competitive streak took his love for mowing straight to the Guinness Book of World Records. "I don't like to lose, so I had to beat it!" said Tate ...

Occasionally on a farm visit, I am asked about orchardgrass stands that only last a year or two in hayfields. I am always curious to find out at what height the mower is set to cut at. Many times, the ...

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 ...

Although it seems like winter was only a few weeks ago and spring planting was just completed, it’s already time for the first hay harvest of the year. Wilma Trujillo, agronomist for the Colorado ...