Hay Manual

Hay Production Resources for New York and Similar Climates

Hay Production Resources for New York and Similar Climates is a collection of over 165 publications organized into 14 sections.  Most of the information is from University sources.  This information will help beginning and experienced farmers alike. 

If you have questions contact Aaron Gabriel, adg12@cornell.edu, Cornell Cooperative Extension.

1 – Hay Species

Annual Ryegrass Fact Sheet

Characteristics of forages table

Forage fescues for the North

Forage Grasses

Forage Legumes

Identifying Pasture Grasses

Grasses of the Northeast

Identifying Pasture Legumes

Alfalfa-Grass NDF Poster

Selecting Forage Crops for Your Farm

Tall Fescue Toxicosis Grazing Conf 2013 Handout

Winter Triticale Forage

Teff as Emergency Forage

Websites with forage species information

New York Seed Certification Program

Weed seed tolerances

New York Seed Improvement Program Information

New York Seed Lab Information

Classes of Certified Seed

Selling Agricultural Seed

Seed Presentation

2 – Agronomy and Pest Management

AA Cornell Field Crops and Soils Handbook

Agronomic & Pest Management Resources for Hay

Alfalfa Management Guide

Basics of Grass Growth

Coated Forage Seeds

Cutting Management for Grasses

Cutting Management for Legumes

Fertilization Table for Forages

Frost Seeding Legumes & Grasses into Pastures

Hay Conditioners

Hayfield Renovation

Internet Resources for Organic Crop Production

IPM Alfafa Potato Leafhopper

IPM Alfalfa Brown Root Rot

IPM Alfalfa IPM Scouting Calendar

IPM Alfalfa Leaf Spots

IPM Alfalfa Snout Beetle

IPM Alfalfa Weevil

IPM Alfalfa Wilts and Rots

IPM Controlling Smooth Bedstraw in Hayfields

Nitrogen Losses

Nitrogen Loss Mechanisms

Hay, Baleage, and Forage Quality Presentation

Making Most of What You Have Presentation

Managing Weeds in Hay Fields Presentation

Seeding Alfalfa Fields Back Into Alfalfa

Urea Management

3 – The Hay Making Process

Drying Forage

Hay Making & Handling Made Easier

Hay Wagon Plans

Haymaking

Making and Storing Quality Hay

Presentation Making Dry Hay & Balelage

Round Bale Tips

Round Baling

Silage & Hay Preservation

Swath Width and Mower Conditioners

4 – Hay Machinery

Adjusting the Conditioning System on a Mower-Conditioner

Calibrating a boom sprayer

Equipment to Rake and Merge Hay and Forage

Estimating Field Capacity of Farm Machines

Fuel Required for Field Operations

Gear Up Throttle Down

Global Positioning System

Guidance Systems Overview

Hay Conditioners

Hay in a Day Macerator

Hay Machinery Selection

Hay Making and Handling Made Easier

Hay Making Equipment

Machinery Designs and Adjustments for Minimized Field Losses

Machinery Safety

Mower conditioners

Proper Ballasting

Rakes and Mergers

Wagon For Tossed Bales – Plans

5 – Risk Management

Barn Hay Drying

Barn Hay Drying-1988 Ontario

Chemical Drying Agents In Harvesting Legume Hay

Determining Forage Moisture Concentration

Drying Large Round Bales TN

Hay Additive Review, Pioneer

Hay Preservatives and Additives

Johnes Disease and Manure Management

Preserving Hay with Organic Acids

Spontaneous Combustion of Hay

Rained on Hay Table

6 – Hay Storage

Guidelines for Hay Storage in Ontario

Hay Mow Temperature Tester

Hay Storage Alternatives – Barns

Hay Storage Structures

Hot Hay Alert

Large Round Bale Storage, KSU

Siting Hay Barns

Spontaneous Combustion of Hay

Spontaneous Combustion and Hay Fires

7 – Production-Economics

Comparing Input Costs for Alfalfa and Grass

Crop Production Costs Iowa

Custom Machinery Rates, 2007 Pennsylvania

Field Records

Hay Budget Iowa

Machinery Cost Estimates 2013

Machinery Cost Estimates 2015, Lazarus

Machinery Cost Worksheet

Pennsylvania Custom Machinery Rates 2014

Pricing Standing Hay

Websites for Machinery Rates

What is Haylage Worth

8 – Forage Quality

Estimating Alfalfa Quality using PEAQ

Forage Quality Comparison Kings Agriseed

Forage Yield and Quality & Stubble Height

How to Judge Hay Quality Visually

Mixed Alfalfa Grass NDF Estimation poster

Mixed Alfalfa Grass NDF Estimation Table

Predicting Hay and Silage Quality

Presentation What is Forage Quality

Relative Forage Quality

Taking a Good Sample

Target NDF at Harvest

Total Tract NDF Digestibility

Understanding My Forage Analysis

Understanding Your CVAS Forage Results

What's the Fuss about NDF

9 – Hay for Specific Livestock

Forages for Alpacas

Grass Management for Dry Dairy Cows

Forage Testing (& requirements) for Beef Cattle

Forages for Dairy Cattle, Ohio

Goat Hay

Hay for Livestock

Horses – Buying Horse Hay

Horses – Choosing Hay for Horses

Presentation What Hay is Right for Your Livestock

The Basics of Feeding Sheep, Purdue

Hay for Sheep

10 – Hay for Bioenergy

Ash Content of Grasses for Biofuel

Establishment and Management of Switchgrass

Grass Gasification

Grass Pelleting – The Process

Management of Grasses for Biofuels

Reed Canary Costs John Brown

Switchgrass Presentation, Pete Barney

Switchgrass Presentation REAP Canada

Switchgrass Costs, Frank Pikul

Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop

USDA ARS Switchgrass Production

Websites with Grass Bioenergy Information

11 - Organic Hay

Internet Resources for Organic Crop Production

Manures for Organic Production

Organic Alfalfa

Organic Hay Budget

Organic Hay Resources

Organic Seed Suppliers, ATTRA

Soil Management – Organic Regulations

12 - Straw Production

Cereal Straw Production

Precut rye straw PDF

Precut rye straw DOC

Straw Production Budget

13 - Baleage

Baleage Systems: Forage Sampling Options

The Bale Wrapping Handbook

Baleage 101: How and Why

Baleage: FAQ

Baleage Factsheets

Silage: The Hows & Whys

Silage: How & Why, AEP

Maintaning Quality in Large Bale Silage

Silage & Hay Preservation

The Ten Commandments of Baleage

14 - Cornell Agronomy Factsheets

Cornell Agronomy Factsheets