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Limited Supplies Keep Strong Pressure on Top-End Alfalfa-Hay Prices

Feb 26, 2014

As limited supplies keep strong pressure on top-end alfalfa-hay prices, dairy producers in the Upper Midwest are looking closer at medium- to average-quality alfalfa. That’s according to grower-dealer Leslie Zimmerman, of ...

Tags: Solid Demand, Mid-Quality Alfalfa

Oversupply of Lower-Quality Grass and Alfalfa Hay Has Kept Downward Pressure on Prices

Feb 26, 2014

An oversupply of lower-quality grass and alfalfa hay has kept downward pressure on prices at the Madison County Ag Auction’s weekly hay and straw sales near Alton, IL. “We’ve been moving a lot of hay through each ...

Tags: grass, alfalfa hay, Price DIP, Illinois Auction

Deepening Drought Throughout The Far West Which Has Helped Keep Hay Prices High

Feb 14, 2014

The first hay harvest of 2014 is months away in most parts of the country. But an extended and apparently deepening drought throughout the far West – which has helped keep hay prices high – has many hay growers there on edge ...

Tags: Alfalfa

This Would Tend to Support View That Focus on Alfalfa Is Primarily Due to a Gut Feeling

Feb 14, 2014

It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...

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Hay Prices in Wyoming, Colorado and Western Nebraska Have Tapered off Steadily

Feb 7, 2014

Hay prices in Wyoming, Colorado and western Nebraska have tapered off steadily in the last four to five weeks. So reports Barry McRea, owner-manager of Valley Video Hay Markets and HayTime Auctions in Torrington, WY. Since mid-December, ...

Tags: Barry McRea, Feedlots, alfalfa, Wyoming

Hay Trade in Oklahoma Remains Extremely Sluggish

Jan 23, 2014

Even with a heavy dose of snow, ice and freezing temperatures early in the new year, the hay trade in Oklahoma remains extremely sluggish. That’s the observation of Jack Carson, market reporter for the Oklahoma Department of ...

Tags: Oklahoma, hay trade

Supplies of High-Quality Alfalfa Hay in Pennsylvania Are Low Heading Into Winter Months

Jan 9, 2014

Supplies of high-quality alfalfa hay in Pennsylvania are low heading into winter months. But they're likely not low enough to move prices significantly higher in the months to come, says Marvin Hall, Penn State University Extension forage ...

Tags: Agriculture News, Farming News, Alfalfa

Idaho Alfalfa Hay Prices Will Rise or Fall in 2014

Jan 9, 2014

Idaho alfalfa hay prices will rise or fall in 2014 based largely on how much irrigation water will be available during the growing season, says Glenn Shewmaker, forage specialist with University of Idaho Extension. "Right now, a lot of ...

Tags: Hay Prices, Idaho Hay Prices Hinge

Lower Corn Prices in 2014 Will Likely Keep a Lid on Western Hay Prices

Jan 3, 2014

Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Schmahl Looks at The Impact of Recent Prices on Exports

Oct 26, 2012

Schmahl looks at the impact of recent prices on exports,the reality of feed costs and the outlook for U.S.milk production. Much to the dismay of dairy farmers,cash prices have had difficulty maintaining upward momentum.In fact,it appears ...

Tags: prices, exports, feed costs, dairy farmers

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