July 2024

Hay bales (Photo: Sydney Peterson, West Des Moines, Iowa)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets

Area Hay Prices

A weekly overview of Area hay prices across the Central, Midwest, Southern and Western regions, featuring USDA Market News data on hay types, grades, bale sizes and prices per ton. All markets can be found at https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/hay-reports To contact us: hpj.... Read More

Hay Bales (Photo: Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife.)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets, State-by-State Hay Market

State-By-State Hay Markets

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)
Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Kansas Hay Market, Markets

Kansas Hay Report

A decline in Arkansas cotton acres is part of the story behind the decline in the number of cotton gins (U of a System Division of Agriculture file photo)

Arkansas loses a cotton gin in 2023, reflecting larger trend

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Rain in late May and early June delayed alfalfa harvest for many producers in southwest Kansas. The first cutting like pictured in this field will likely go for grinding hay due to the excess moisture. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Very light demand with soft prices for hay

Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)

State-By-State Hay Summary

Despite record low hay inventories in Texas in 2023, prospects for higher yields this hay season are being fueled by heavy rainfall across major production regions of Texas, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Area Hay Prices July 27, 2024

Securing your wi-fi newtwork (Photo courtesy of Unsplash - #16969 - Source: eLivingtoday.com)

Securing your network: Creating a safe home Wi-Fi environment

Trent On The Loos

Trent on the Loos and Across the Pond Video Stream July 30, 2024

White loco weed, Oxytropis sericea, catches the late afternoon sunlight in a high mountain meadow. This wildflower has beautiful white blossoms on stalks up to 18 inches high, but it is said to be very toxic to humans and livestock. It is indigenous most of the western United States, from the plains into high mountain areas. (Photo: iStock - chapin31)

Watch out for locoweed: profile of a killer plant

  • By Micah Most │ University of Wyoming Extension
Rice with meat and vegetables prepared in multi cooker (Photo: iStock - Nature, food, landscape, travel)

OSU to have food microbiology workshop