Forage Crops

Beautiful summer sunrise over fields with hay bales. (Adobe Stock │ #451660073 - Piotr Krzeslak)
Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Kansas Hay Market, Markets

Kansas Hay Report

Kansas—This past week, compared to last week, hay movement remained steady across the state. Many producers have begun third cutting alfalfa, with yields reported as near to below average. Quality has been reported as very good where producers were able to bale ahead of recent... Read More

Hay bales in a field at sunrise. (Adobe Stock │ #489362175 - Petr)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets, State-by-State Hay Market

State-By-State Hay Markets

Golden hay bales scattered across expansive fields. (iStock-#2188805605 │ edb3_16)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets

Area Hay Prices

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.)

Rains fell on northeast Texas and other regions

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

State-By-State Hay Markets

Extra forage can be baled into late summer and early fall, but the hay’s lower nutrient levels later in the season might not be worth the time and expense. (Photo: Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture)

Area Hay Prices

Golden hay bales scattered across expansive fields. (iStock-#2188805605 │ edb3_16)

Kansas Hay Report

Herd of grazing cows on a vast field. (Adobe Stock-#168421307 │ Maryna Konoplytska)

Conservation, grazing, and forage situation

  • By Matthew Diersen │ South Dakota State University Extension

State-By-State Hay Markets

Prospects for a good hay production season hinge on moisture and the amount of fertilizer applied. That decision will vary from producer to producer. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Area Hay Prices

Hay bales of all kinds and sizes were collected and stacked in four Animal Supply Points operated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in response to the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek fires. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Kansas Hay Report