September 6, 2015
By Janet Hall
An unusual fund-raising idea is putting two charities in the pink.
Silvermoor Equestrian Haylage is selling bright pink bales with all the proceeds going to cancer charities.
The Denwick-based business has made more than 100 haylage bales wrapped in pink plastic for sale to horse owners, stables and livery yards.
It is part of a national initiative which has seen haylage and silage producers across the country jumping on board....
September 3, 2015
By Farm Press Staff
The 2015 Southeastern Hay Contest (click here) has expanded its prize offerings greatly. Part of the Sunbelt Ag Expo, the contest will offer hay and baleage producers in the Southeast cash prizes and, in some cases, free use of Massey Ferguson hay equipment.
Since 2004, the SE Hay Contest has been spotlighting high quality hay and baleage production in the Southeast. The Cooperative Extension programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have organized the SE Hay Contest since its inception.
“We hope every high quality hay producer from Texas to Virginia will enter for a chance to win. Our goal is to demonstrate the potential to produce high quality hay and baleage in the Southeast. Just as important, we want to highlight the technology that makes it all possible,” said Dennis Hancock, University of Georgia Extension forage specialist and the contest’s coordinator this year.
Forage growers in the Southeast have increased the quality of their forage because of unprecedented prices in most livestock sectors, great demand for their products, and a need for efficiency due to high input costs. “The key to success has always been timely management,” Hancock said....
