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Driscoll | Top Hay is a joint venture between Driscoll Brothers, an Idaho family farm, and Top Hay Agri Industries, a British Columbia, Canada, hay marketing company. In 2017, they opened a hay press facility in Pocatello, Idaho, where Driscoll Brothers would acquire and compress alfalfa, and Top Hay (with on-site offices in China) would be the export marketing arm.

On Aug. 27, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced details of actions the USDA will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations.

Corn is a major user of nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer production is an energy-intensive process that uses 1 to 2 percent of the total global energy supply and produces an equivalent share of greenhouse gases.

The “dog days” of summer generally create a weather-driven hay market, with all eyes on harvest quality and yield. This year, however, the markets have additional bones to chew on – trade wars and a lingering weak dairy economy.

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