So, hey there! Listen up. I'm talking about hay and its multiple uses in and around the garden. But first, let me put that "hey" to rest. Hey, good to be writing for you again. Hey, I hope your ...

“Hay is used for feed, but if you have a thunderstorm the feed value is gone, so the price plummets,” Bragdon said. “The idea is you always have hay. When it rains on it and the price is low ...

In the lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada, hay accounted for 57% of agricultural water use, with more water going to crops such as wheat, cotton, oranges, lettuce and broccoli.

Alfalfa and hay in the basin use an average 3.1 billion cubic meters of water a year — more than three times the 975 million cubic meters funneled to municipal, commercial and industrial uses.

For hay farmers and blacksmiths, they simply describe the conditions of work. If you don’t strike while the iron is hot, it won’t bend. If you don’t use the long, sunny days of summer to cut ...

Click to enlarge Ninety percent of water used in the basin’s irrigated agriculture goes to grow cow feed. The other major crops combined — corn, wheat, sugar beets, dry beans and oats — make up the ...