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Hay Pricing Spring 2022

The value of standing alfalfa hay can vary tremendously. Potential yield, dry hay prices, and harvest costs all play a factor. This short video walks buyers and sellers through considerations for pricing standing alfalfa hay to aid in their negotiations for the upcoming growing season.

Helpful Links of Interest:

• Upper Midwest Hay Market Report
• Determining the Value of Standing Alfalfa in 2021 4-23-21

Farmland Rental Rate Study Results (aka Cash Rent Survey): Click HERE for more information

Documents

• Living on Acreages: What You Need to Know (.pdf)
• Wisconsin Grazing Lands Conservation Iniative List of Grazing Land Planners (2 pages, 77.7KB .pdf)
• Grazing and Organic Expertise (9 pages, 40.7KB .pdf)
• Cost of Raising Heifers-2007 ICPA Report (.pdf)

 

Latest UW-Extension Dairy Team Headlines

• Cocktail forage mixes, managing heifer maturity and the randomness of repro will be highlight in Extension’s Badger Dairy Insight webinars February 18, 2022
• The 2022 Dairy Margin Coverage Decision January 24, 2022
• Badger Dairy Insight webinar focuses on silage quality – from pricing to feed behavior January 14, 2022
• Caring for calves and dairy data projects: first topics of Extension’s 2022 Badger Dairy Insight webinar series December 14, 2021
• Heart of the Farm – Women in Agriculture Summer ‘Coffee Chats’ Series begins in June 2021 August 3, 2021

News From Around the State

• Ag ecucators recognized by Wisconsin Association of County Agricultural Agents May 2, 2022
• Extension’s Small Ruminant webinar explores Arlington Research Station Sheep Unit April 20, 2022
• Extension Innovation Grants Prompt Community Collaboration on Food Systems, Water Quality, Accessibility, and Outreach April 7, 2022
• Extension’s Small Ruminant webinars highlight what to consider when expanding your meat goat business and provide a look at UW-Madison sheep research March 30, 2022
• Extension Farm Management Friday webinars highlight strategies to build both your business and your strength and resilience March 16, 2022

Wisconsin Crop Manager

• Interseeding Cover Crops June 20, 2022
• UW Small Grains Field Day July 6 June 13, 2022
• Wisconsin Vegetable Crop Updates June 13, 2022
• Wisconsin Fruit News, 6-10-22 June 10, 2022
• Rock Co Farm Giant Ragweed Management Plot Tour June 16 June 10, 2022
• Alfalfa Weevil June 10, 2022

The Soy Report

• Finalists for the 2017 WI Soybean Yield Contest are Announced December 19, 2017
• Industrial Hemp in Wisconsin: The First Steps! December 14, 2017
• RR2Y® versus Xtend® Soybean Cultivar Performance in 2017…. A Lesson in Fuzziness November 8, 2017
• Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity September 22, 2017
• Fall is Still a Good Time to Sample for SCN and Other Plant Parasitic Nematodes September 21, 2017
• Start Managing for Fusarium Head Blight Now Before You Plant the 2017/18 Winter Wheat Crop September 11, 2017