East Texas Hay Supply Is Adequate

Hay & Forage Grower, January 15, 2013 Precipitation totals were 10” below average in 2012 at Ross Kinney’s farm near Kilgore, TX. But the East Texas hay grower isn’t complaining. “The rains came at the right time during the growing season,” he says. “As a result,...

U.S. Hay Cupboads Nearly Bare, Says USDA

All hay stored on U.S. farms on Dec. 1 totaled 76.5 million tons, according to a USDA Crop Production report issued last Friday. That’s down 16% compared to the year-earlier figure and the lowest Dec. 1 stocks level since 1957. Also in the report, USDA noted that hay...

Corn – Tennessee Sept 2012

Davis Farms, Franklin County, TN We sprayed the corn with 12.5 lbs per acre of Grasshopper’s 21-0-24 when the corn was 30″ tall. Our plan was to then come back in 3 weeks with an application of Grasshopper’s 42-0-0. We were surprised to find that...

Soybeans – Tennessee Sept 2012

Here are some pictures of soybeans grown in Fayetteville,Tn. The farmer, Jerry Hollingsworth, is standing in his field. These beans are 5 ft high and have the most beans than I have every seen on soybeans. He used Grasshopper 10-52-2 as a pop-up fertilize at 1 bag...