Midway Extension District, Livestock

Month: December 2015

Kansas Hay Market Report, December 28, 2015

On Monday, December 28, High Plains Journal reported the following:

“In Kansas, the hay trade is slow. Demand light to moderate for dairy alfalfa and moderate for alfalfa pellets, light for stock cow and grinding alfalfa as well as grass hay, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Dec. 22. Prices given on a per-ton basis, unless otherwise noted.”

North Central/Northeast

Dairy/grinding alfalfa and prairie hay and brome steady. Movement slow. Horse alfalfa, $250-$300, some $8-$9/small square bales, delivered; supreme dairy, $.90-$1/point RFV, $175-$210, premium, $160-$180; fair/good stock cow, $120-$130. Fair/good grinding alfalfa, edge of the field, $70-$75, utility, large rounds, $55-$60; ground and delivered, $100-$120. Good bluestem grass hay, small squares, $5/bale or $6/bale delivered, $100-$130, medium squares, $70-$90, mostly, $70, large rounds, $55-$70; fair, $50-$55. Brome, good, small squares, $6/bale, $120-$145/ton, medium squares, $100-$120, large rounds, $25-$50/bale, $60-$70/ton, mostly $60, fair, $50-$60. Good straw, small squares, $4/bale or $4.50/bale delivered, large squares, $55-$75/ton, large rounds, $50-$60. Good sudan, large rounds, $60-$65.

For additional information view the High Plains Journal webpage:

http://www.hpj.com/hay_range_pasture/hay-trade-slow/article_d6069bf9-4998-5ab3-b00f-e280be7968b4.html

Source: Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Dodge City, Kansas.

Grazing Crop Residue and Native Grass Pasture

From the Winter Grazing program held on November 2, 2015 a local producer was able to learn different methods of limit grazing cover crops and/or crop residues.  With the diagram in hand of the “fish trap” the producer successfully built the fish trap allyway to the adjoining native grass pasture; he has began limit grazing 26 head of cows on Milo residue every three days.