Buyers for equestrian markets are still prepared to pay for premium lucerne hay. Lucerne hay baled in large squares is selling in a steady trade at $200 a tonne ex Northern Victorian farm. A limited ...

Baling contractors have been frustrated by the variable conditions. Heavy dews have delayed baling to well into the morning and dry warm winds have made the hay too dry for baling a properly formed ...

The conventional wisdom is to cut hay crops when plant maturity is optimised for yield and quality, regardless of the forecast weather. In late September, vetch growers in the Mallee and northern ...

Hay demand has picked up as is typical for this time of the year yet hay prices remain flat. Sheep producers in southern Victoria are hunting out some vetch hay for feeding to lambing ewes. While ...