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Forage & Grains
Molasses Makes Milk and Money!
An Alternative to High-priced Grain
Added July 29, 2008. It’s no secret to anybody in the dairy industry that grain prices are currently high, both organic and conventional. The multiple reasons for it include everything from floods to ethanol to the laws of supply and demand. The question everybody is asking is “what can we do?”
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Price & Availability of Corn & Forage:
How should producers prepare for the Fall?
Added July 5, 2008. So: What is affecting price and availability? In general, people are assuming that tonnage of grain will be short this year and much of the corn that is for sale is, in a sense, being set aside to wait and see. Other factors affecting price include speculators and Hedge Fund investors who are joining the commodity market as they exploit the uncertainty and short fall in supply against rising markets. Read Lisa McCrory’s article for a full analysis.
Diversifying Forages at the Stoltzfus Farm, Whitesville, NY: A Follow-Up
By Mary-Howell Martens
Last summer John and Tammy Stoltzfus began experimenting with mixtures of oats and forage turnips. Here are some of the results. Added March 8, 2008. Learn more >