Producer Features

“I would like to see higher digestibility in our forages. We have always used a high-forage diet with our cows and any time we can get better digestibility, we can get more money without changing anything else.

An interview with Barb Kinnan, Executive Director, Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association

Q. How did the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (NAMA) get started?

When it comes to making hay in the high mountain valleys of Wyoming, few people do it better than Ervin Gara.

Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Georgia – even Germany. Like the Johnny Cash song, Jon Orr of Orrson Custom Farming Ltd. has been everywhere, man.

“The forage production for this year ran very well.

The flooding we faced last year has been overshadowed with a great season.

Q: What does the forage industry represent in Wyoming?
KEITH: Hay production is the number one agronomic crop produced in the state. In dollars generated, it is second only to the beef industry and a lot of the hay our growers produce goes directly into that part of our economy, so it really plays a leading role in the top two ag industries in Wyoming.