Hay bales (Photo: courtesy of Iowa State University's Iowa Beef Center)

Area Hay Prices March 29, 2025

Wheat variety and nitrogen trials from Texas A&M AgriLife near McGregor show good growth but need additional moisture. (Calvin Trostle/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Daily Cash Bids 3-25

Sorghum silage: Rising star of dairy feed

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Kansas hay demand light, trades remain slow

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)

State-By-State Hay Summary

Area Hay Prices March 22, 2025

Kevin Melvin of MorningStar Farms, left, was a member of the Industry Panel, along with Charlie Bezona, center, co-owner and trader, Reinert Hay and Commodities, Hereford, Texas; Katelyn McCullock, director, Livestock Marketing Information Center and Adam Robertson, right, sales and production manager, Bestifor Farms, Belleville, Kansas at Alfalfa U in Dodge City, Kansas, Feb. 27. John Holman, agronomy professor at Kansas State University, moderated the panel. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Alfalfa U gives producers answers to their questions 

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.)

Despite steady hay prices, demand light and trades still slow in Kansas