by Doug Mayo | May 13, 2019
This week’s featured video was published to social media by Classic Tractor Fever to share a portion of an archived Library of Congress video about ranch life on the Ninety Six Ranch in Paradise Valley, Nevada back in the 1950s. It is amazing to see how these...
by Les Harrison | Mar 1, 2019
The calendar and thermometer indicate the return of consistent warm weather is arriving soon. With it come forage production for grazing and hay, and the many weeds which create an assortment of problems. Included is Creeping indigo, Indigofera spicata, a weed with...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 1, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by SunUp TV, which is Oklahoma State Extension’s Television show for producers in their state. The topic of this video is the value of rotating or continuously moving hay feeding stations to different locations in a...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 28, 2018
The summer of 2018 has been very challenging for hay production. The combination of frequent rainfall, and heavy downpours have prevented timely harvest, and also diminished the quality of the hay produced. The days are getting shorter, grass growth has slowed, so...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 13, 2018
Last year at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, GA, several farmers shared with me that they saw an interesting innovation from John Deere, an attachment to round balers that allows more control of where bales are place in the hay field after baling. This week’s...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 27, 2018
On Thursday of this week, Sun South John Deere hosted a Hay Equipment Demo Day at the UF/IFAS Marianna Beef Research Unit. Participants at the event got to see a new product called B-Wrap demonstrated. This week’s featured video was produced by Tama Farm Grown...