Insights and Stories on Hay

Crop reports stoke hay shortage concerns

Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Rainfall varied across the Prairie provinces during week ended August 2, as concerns of a hay shortage continue. Approximately 39 per cent of the hay crop in Saskatchewan is now baled or stored. While hay quality is 55 per cent good-to-excellent, yields have been well below normal across […]

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

Jul. 19, 2019 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Manitoba to open up Crown lands for grazing, haying

Jul. 9, 2019 at 7:11 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

Jun. 19, 2019 at 3:02 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Prairies’ dry weather may stem U.S. cattle stampede north

Aug. 28, 2018 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages expected for Prairie barley

Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Sales have slowed for feed grain buyers in Western Canada, as concerns continue to mount about feed shortages. “The confidence from the farmer is not (there anymore). He just wants to see some crop come into his bin. So we’ve definitely slowed in our buying,” said Brandon […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

Jul. 27, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie hay crops look thin in many areas

Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Many farmers taking off their first hay cuts are also gathering more talking points to grumble over at coffee row. While many producers are still working to get the first cut done and the situation could change with the second cut, many regions are already reporting below-average […]

By Terry Fries

Krone BaleCollect bale accumulator

Jan. 4, 2018 at 5:28 pm CST

Krone North America’s BaleCollect bale accumulator allows operator to pick up to three bales (five bales with the Krone BiG Pack 890 baler) together at the same time. How BaleCollect works: In the field, the hydraulic drawbar is retracted and the bale accumulator runs in line with the bale chamber. […]

By Staff

U.S. northern Plains ranchers welcome hay lottery

Aug. 18, 2017 at 7:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Hundreds of livestock ranchers in the drought-stricken U.S. northern Plains are embracing what organizers say is the first lottery designed to provide some much-needed relief to their operations. The prize? Tons and tons of hay. Ranchers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana have been suffering through the […]

By Theopolis Waters

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