New Mexico

National and Northwest hay prices enjoyed a modest increase over the past year.  According to NASS, the all hay prices increased $24 from August 2017 to August this year.  The new price sits at $161 per ton.  The Other Hay category, which covers hay other than alfalfa, was up $13 year over year, sitting at $130 per ton.  The highest ...

When it comes to pasture and rangelands across the U.S., it is a tale of two countries.  Roughly half, 51% of the nation’s pastures and rangelands rated good to excellent in the final week of June.  Meanwhile, 20% was rated very poor to poor.   USDA m...

In drought-plagued areas of the desert southwest, partnership efforts like those in New Mexico's Rio Grande and Comanche Creek watersheds can improve water sustainability, and, in turn, water availability.  Marcus Selig of the National Forest Foundation says such collaboration between his organization, the U.S. F...

Heavy rains in the eastern half of Oklahoma have improved drought conditions in that portion of the state, but USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says overall, the U.S. pasture and rangeland condition is getting worse.   "We continue to see significantly stressed rangeland and pasture across that southern half of the high plains. Loo...