Murphy Farm Hay and Feed Company of Louisburg, N.C., has initiated a voluntary limited recall of alfalfa hay because of potential blister beetle contamination following the deaths of six horses. The ...

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF), in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS), has ...

Winter is coming, and selecting an economical supplement to complement forages during the cold months should be on producers’ minds. Input costs are everything in the farm and ranch industry right now ...

Driven by limited carryover supplies and renewed demand from California dairies, alfalfa hay is soaring to new price levels and this year’s crop could reach its second-highest prices ever, says Seth ...

The shortage of horse quality hay in Minnesota has many owners purchasing hay from outside Minnesota and the Midwest. Along with this comes the risk of purchasing alfalfa hay infested with blister ...

Kansas—This past week, hay movement during the past week remained slow but steady, with minimal change observed in overall market conditions. Producers across much of the state received some moisture ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

Over time, government programs and farm economics have honed the Corn Belt’s comparative advantage for corn and soybeans into what some call “a cash grain desert.” That could be changing with a ...

Farmers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho grow a lot of alfalfa hay for dairies and for export. Alfalfa is an important part of Washington state’s $539 million hay industry, grown on more than 400,000 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Corn and soybeans weren't the only crops impacted by the cold, wet weather we had this spring. Alfalfa and hay farmers are behind as well. Alfalfa is used for feed and bedding for ...

A breeze wafted through the air on a late summer morning, rustling neatly kept plots of lush-green alfalfa at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center. The field had all ...