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 ...

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 ...

Colorado—In the Aug. 17 report, compared to last report, trade activity and demand has softened. Hay trades are slow as second cutting is well underway across the state. Areas that have received a lot ...

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, ...

Davidson said most hay in the region is a combination of alfalfa and grass, and the optimal time for a first cutting is when the alfalfa is at one-tenth bloom. That’s causing local hay producers to ...

CARROLL TOWNSHIP - There's plenty of hay for all 14 horses to eat at Riders Unlimited's Oak Harbor facility, thanks to a Fremont farmer who donates bales to the nonprofit group. But it hasn't been as ...

The tell-tale signs that summer is fast approaching are the last day of school, Memorial Day weekend – and in the upper Colorado River Valley, the first cutting of hay.Around the region, haying ...