Round Hay Bale worth $160,000 USD

Customs & Border Patrol agents pull over what at first glance appears to be a farm truck hauling round hay bales but turns out to be hauling “grass” with a higher value. The ingenuity of the smugglers is quite impressive but they will be spending their foreseeable future behind bars. Hay bales on the back […]

Hay Rebaling

Hay re-baling or stationary baling allows producers to harvest large bales of hay and convert them to smaller, more labor intensive bales at a later time.

Where to test hay!? Certified Hay-Forage Testing Lab List

Hay & Forage test samples are important for the evaluation of nutritive value in forages. Hay growers and livestock owners are encouraged to use forage testing as a management tool to improve forage production practices and feed efficiency. Below is a link to a list of all 2017 NFTA Certified Laboratories. Save this link as […]

Selling Hay in 2016

In the past year, the spread between dairy-quality hay, which is alfalfa hay with a relative feed value of 150 or better, and lower-quality hay has been the largest it has ever been—almost a $100 difference this month, according the University of Wisconsin. Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and author of The Hoyt Report, says […]