alfalfa

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.
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State-By-State Hay Markets

State-By-State Hay Markets for Apr. 28, 2026. Read More

A tractor is towing a merger on a cut alfalfa (hay) field. (iStock │ #477657325 - BanksPhotos)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets

Area Hay Prices

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Kansas Hay Report



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 Markets

Hay Bales (Photo: Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Area Hay Prices

Beautiful summer sunrise over fields with hay bales. (Adobe Stock │ #451660073 - Piotr Krzeslak)

Kansas Hay Report

The field is blooming alfalfa. (Adobe Stock-#278624616 │ orestligetka)

New herbicide for alfalfa growers

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

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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.)

State-By-State Hay Markets

Road ditch hay bales. (Photo by Troy Walz.)

Kansas Hay Report

Hay bales (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

Area Hay Prices