Jonathan Kubesch

Hay bales dot a meadow near Madison, Arkansas. 2024 file photo. (UADA image by Mary Hightower)
Arkansas, Crops, Drought, Forage Crops, Midwestern Region, Weather

Drought has ranchers playing a waiting game

For many ranchers, 2026 is shaping up to be a waiting game: waiting for the rain to come and waiting for summer forages to grow. Read More

Jonathan Kubesch used an ATV pull-behind broadcast seeder followed by harrowing to increase seed-to-soil contact (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)
Crops, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture, research

UAM partners in multi-state study on crabgrass pasture establishment

Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)
Arkansas, Crops, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture, Midwestern Region

Spring bumper hay crop followed by dry fall in Arkansas



Baling hay in Faulkner County on May 16, 2025. Hay growers are trying to work between the raindrops, but are struggling this spring. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kevin Lawson.)

Rain, cool weather delaying hay

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture