NW Iowa corngrowers are urged to scout corn for lodging; harvest affected fields ASAP: brownfieldagnews.com/news/corn-lodg… #cornsilage #corn #forages #cornlodging

MFA Members: Look for the Sept. Clippings in your email boxes, sent yesterday a.m., Sept. 28. Great info on UW enterprise budget tools, avoiding ash content in feed, alfalfa industry news & upcoming Dairy Forage Seminars at World Dairy Expo. #alfalfa #forages

Great info on fall thistle control in pastures from Nebraska Extension. <audio class="wdn_player" preload="auto" src="agalmanac.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/100223/pandf10…" data-mce-src="agalmanac.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/100223/pandf10…"></audio>

The NEW Corn and Soybean Field Guide from ISU Extension and Outreach has arrived! Stock up for winter meetings and equip your crop scouts with this great resource at store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14743 Single copies and boxes of 25 are available. #agtwitter #IPM NIFA Dept. of Agriculture #strongIowa #cropscout

Check out these five steps toward having a strong mineral supplement program for your beef cow-calf herd: farmprogress.com/feed/5-tips-to… #forages #livestock

OSU Extension educator offers pluses & minuses of bale grazing: farmanddairy.com/columns/could-… #forages #grazing #bale-grazinghttps://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/could-bale-grazing-work-for-you/795185.html #forages #grazing #balegrazing

Beware of Halloween Hay ... Be careful when considering taking a late cutting of alfalfa advises Mike Rankin, of Hay & Forage Grower magazine. His article discusses the considerations farmers should make before taking a late cutting going in to winter. hayandforage.com/article-4543-H…

NAFA’s Alfalfa Intensive Training Seminar (AITS) was held in St Paul, MN last week. Craig Sheaffer talked about how the projected patterns are impacting alfalfa.

A new forage inventory spreadsheet has been developed by the Division of Extension University of Wisconsin-Madison to help farmers prepare and plan for forage feeding and storage needs. midwestforage.org/pdf/1664.pdf

Back to Our Roots: Managing Alfalfa for Yield & Environment and Optimizing Forage Quality to Maximize Milk Production are two of the many presentations offered at MFA's Tour de Forage held throughout Minnesota Wednesday, January 22-24. Dr. Joshua Gamble, USDA-ARS, is the keynote.

Symposium kicks off with Jolene Brown, a family business consultant. She will speak again at 11 am. #DellsSymposium2024.

Wednesday keynote, “Custom Farming Around The World”. Luke Keulers-Beek talked about his Netherlands based custome business. #DellsSymposium2024

Hay demand and prices were fairly steady for April. Prime alfalfa hay (greater than 151 RFV/RFQ) averaged $228/ton for large squares, $171/ton for large rounds, and $311/ton for small squares. See more at: cropsandsoils.extension.wisc.edu/hay-market-rep…

New... Alfalfa Revenue Crop Insurance program under development. Join the Listening Session June 11 at 6:30 pm CDT for a product overview and to provide comments. RSVP for a link to join conta.cc/3RePaGV. #alfalfahay

Hay prices were slightly lower for June hay sales according to the Hay Market Demand & Price Report for the Upper Midwest. Prime alfalfa hay averaged $207/ton for large squares, $337/ton for small squares, & $160/ton for large rounds. midwestforage.org/non-researchpd…

From an alfalfa seed site in the Touchet Valley of Washington.

MFA got Clippings in their inbox yesterday. One article talks about the benefits to growing grasses and legumes together in mixtures for forage including the ability to withstand environmental extremes. midwestforage.org/pdf/1734.pdf

Two upcoming forage meetings include a listening session for development of the new Alfalfa Revenue Crop Insurance program. Virtually join the Online Edition Forage Field Day on Aug 6 -unl.zoom.us/webinar/regist… – or attend in Appleton WI on Aug 15 - midwestforage.org/newsletter/Out…

This summers rainfall had multiple direct and indirect effects on alfalfa forage yield and quality. On most soils there is adequate water for good forage growth, but untimely rainfall has had some detrimental effects. See the problems and solutions at blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2024/08/alfalf…

Alfalfa: The queen of forages and her court - Article includes reference to Wisconsin research showing about a 10% boost in corn yield in corn fields following alfalfa versus corn fields that had previously already been in corn. Check out the full article agproud.com/articles/60150…