Soy Bean Hay

Progressive Forage Feed

• Boom baby: Sprayer maintenance and best practices

  Regardless of the size of your operation, preventative maintenance goes a long way to ensure your sprayer is ready for the season.

• Equipment Hub: When mower adjustments and agronomy meet

  For years, my colleagues and I have been preaching the benefits of cutting our area’s cool-season grass lawns at 4 inches to improve lawn health and control weeds. On the farm, the same logic holds. Leaving more stubble in our hay fields can have similar results.

• 'Weather' or not to wrap hay

  Okay now, first things first. I do know the difference between “weather” and “whether.” I debated on the misspelling as an attention-getter, and if you’ve gotten this far, it worked! Thus far, 2019 has been an interesting weather year to say the least. My heart goes out to my fellow farmers who have seen cropland besieged by rain.

• The head scratch: Tracking multiple operations, multiple fields

  No more driving to the crest of the hill 4 miles away to find a cellphone signal. No more scratchy half-audible radio transmissions with every other word cutting out.

• Leftover money when bills are paid

  The hay is sold, the check is in your hand, and now it’s time to pay the bills. Having money left over means your haying operation is profitable, right? What if you could be making more? Could you just be breaking even? Or are you actually losing money and you just aren’t aware?

• Top Five Considerations When Assessing Your Utility Vehicle Needs

  A utility vehicle purchase for your property can make chores a bit easier to tackle, and can help you to simply get around your farm faster. But, with all the options on the market today, it can be an overwhelming task to narrow down your choices. With a little guidance from Kubota – the best-selling diesel utility vehicle manufacturer in North America since 2004¹ – you will be well on your way to choosing the right vehicle for your property wants and needs.