Forage Crops

Beef, Forage Crops, Lacey Vilhauer

Consider barley in the High Plains  

Wheat will likely remain king in the High Plains, but less traditional small grains, such as barley, can offer producers additional options.  Barley is one of the oldest cultivated grains, first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 B.C. It was also once a comm... Read More

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)
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Mixed bag of precipitation and heat dot the Plains

Hay bales (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)
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State-By-State Hay Markets

Hay Bales (Photo: Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Kansas Hay Report

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Republican River Compact Administration meets Aug. 27

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Beneficial rain fell on the Northern Plains

Yields look promising as baling is starting on the first crop of hay across Central and East Texas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

State-By-State Hay Markets

Hay bales (Photo: Sydney Peterson, West Des Moines, Iowa)

Kansas Hay Report

Producers can reduce hay loss with proper storage, says University of Missouri Extension specialist Charles Ellis. (Photo courtesy of Kyle Spradley, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

Area Hay Prices

Black Angus cow in tall fescue. (Adobe Stock │ #663974851 - jackienix)

High nitrogen prices force a closer look at the numbers

Cattle grazing at the Thompson Research Center near Spickard, Missouri. The center is owned and operated by Mizzou's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Photo by Kyle Spradley (Courtesy of the University of Missouri)

The path to profitability begins with better management