Forage Crops

Hay bales dot a meadow near Madison, Arkansas. 2024 file photo. (UADA image by Mary Hightower)
Arkansas, Crops, Drought, Forage Crops, Midwestern Region, Weather

Drought has ranchers playing a waiting game

For many ranchers, 2026 is shaping up to be a waiting game: waiting for the rain to come and waiting for summer forages to grow. Read More

Milo producers and MU employees William Lee, left, and his father, Rusty, right, are researching the use of scrapped milo byproducts as a high-energy winter feed when supplemented by protein and other nutrients. (Photo by Linda Geist)
Crops, Forage Crops

Does ‘tabletop silage’ have potential?

Hay is one of a number of items needed by producer-victims of recent wildfires. (Photo: Todd Johnson)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets, State-by-State Hay Market

State-By-State Hay Markets



Square bales of alfalfa hay for cattle are lying on the field. (Adobe Stock │ #369798473 - malshak_off)

Kansas Hay Report

Hay (Photo courtesy MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

Area Hay Prices

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

State-By-State Hay Markets

Hay bales (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

Area Hay Prices

Hay field (Photo by Linda Geist - University of Missouri Extension)

Kansas Hay Report

In this 2019 file photo, flooding in crop fields leaves behind debris and submerged plants that may die or suffer yield damage. (Photo by Linda Geist)

When fields stay wet

Simple math and MU Extension ag business forage budgets can help you calculate production costs of making your own hay. Photo courtesy of Rachel Hopkins.

State-By-State Hay Markets

A tractor is towing a merger on a cut alfalfa (hay) field. (iStock │ #477657325 - BanksPhotos)

Area Hay Prices