WA State Hay Growers

We at RDO are excited to have a booth at the @WSHGA meeting again! Come visit us in the lounge and learn about all our stacker options as well as the #W260R from @JohnDeere

How did we get to the point where large numbers of #farmers and members of the larger #forage community started to believe that we needed to get rid of #hay #feeding on our #livestock farms? bit.ly/21apr-fourlett…

The 2022 #NWHayExpo is a go! We are excited to bring this event back to the Three Rivers Convention Center in January.

Potato leafhoppers are alfalfa pests that can devastate regrowth and new seedings. Learn how to identify the damage these insects cause and prevent further from happening. #pest #management #alfalfa bit.ly/EH-210621-C

Forage lookin’ crooked? Find out how to effectively mow your lodged crop and what the consequences of doing so may be. #hay #harvest #lodging bit.ly/21-mar-lodged-…

Hay prices are $10 to $15 per ton higher than they were last year. Find out why and where they are predicted to go from here. #hay #stocks #prices bit.ly/EH-210517-A

#Alfalfa is underutilized, being mainly used as #animal feed. But the #legume’s leaves can be mined for protein & amino acids and then used as supplements or within foods or pharmaceuticals for human consumption. Learn how checkoff dollars drive research. bit.ly/21-feb-ACO

Perhaps no decision is more difficult than what to do when an #alfalfa stand enters a growing season firing on half of its cylinders because of winter injury. They're not totally dead but rather have a reduced number of fully productive plants. #forage #ag bit.ly/EH-210406-B

Scholarship alert! Applications are due at the end of this month - 4/29.

When the weather doesn’t cooperate, which fields do I cut first? #hay #alfalfa #forage bit.ly/EH-210330-A

#Alfalfa is an underappreciated protein source. #forages bit.ly/EH-210316-A

Drying hay can be a hard thing for growers to accomplish but there are a few things you can do to make it happen quicker. hayandforage.com/article-3407-W…

Establishment is key. hayandforage.com/article-3414-A…

Our application is now open for the 2021 WSHGA Scholarship! Be sure to apply by 2021. wa-hay.org/scholarship/

#Manure value extends beyond #forage yield. #farming #alfalfa bit.ly/21-jan-manure-…

The ramifications of the differences between RFV and RFQ are quite large for both the buyer and seller of #hay. #forage bit.ly/EH-210201-A

Time to boost #pasture #forage production for multiple years to come. #grazing bit.ly/EH-210119-C

2020 was tough and there has been carry over into 2021 with a huge bottleneck of shipping agricultural exports out of the country. cnbc.com/2021/01/26/shi…

With growing environmental pressure, competition for land, and the need to grow more digestible fiber per acre has pushed many progressive #dairies to “alternative” forage options. #agchat #forage #cows #silage bit.ly/21-jan-nontrad…

The 2020 Alfalfa Variety Trials are now live on our website! Be sure to check them out! bit.ly/3sQh8uT