A Savory Sudangrass
Sudangrass's popularity and market potential may increase with this spring's introduction of a new hybrid. That hybrid contains a brown-midrib (BMR) gene
Yearning To Learn
Learning by doing is a key to success and enjoyment for Dan Miller. For 205 days a year, Miller is a mild-mannered farm management instructor at a local
Worth The Trouble
Planting twin-row corn for silage requires extra effort and expense. But it's a paying proposition, say several Wisconsin growers and specialists who
Alfalfa Seed Prices Rise
Growers can expect higher alfalfa seed prices and lower-quality seed blends going into 2007, say representatives of the alfalfa seed breeding industry.
2007's New Alfalfas
Growers using Roundup Ready alfalfa may get up to half-ton/acre increases in yield in the establishment year, according to university trials comparing
Wyoming Wins
Wyoming growers took top honors in the 2006 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl. Ervin Gara III, Torrington, was named grand champion. David Hinman of Hardrock
Caught In The Middle
Jim Eschenbaum is frustrated about the lack of forage testing accuracy and consistency among labs even labs certified for accuracy by the National Forage
Stretching Supplies
A dairy heifer diet of wet distillers' grains and cornstalks, straw or low-quality hay could stretch forage supplies this winter, suggests Alvaro Garcia,
Model Rations
Mike Hutjens thinks dairymen and their nutritionists should be using computer programs that do more than spit out balanced diets. He's excited about ration
Rationing Straw
Adding straw to dairy rations may help or hurt your herd's milk production. That's according to several dairy nutrition experts who have studied what's
Look At Lignin
Low-quality feeds such as straw cool off hot rations because of what they contain digestible and indigestible fiber, say two dairy nutrition experts.
Plant Power
Stephen Gardner, Eddyville, IA, is one of a number of growers with big dreams for switchgrass. The native grass could generate electricity and fuel vehicles
Lined Bunkers Stop Spoilage
Plastic isn't just the last thing Bill Rowekamp deals with when filling bunker silos. It's also the first. That's because he lines his empty bunkers with
Wide Works Wonders
Custom forage harvester Nathan Strahm was frustrated by the results of a wet haylage harvest two years ago. His client, dairyman Jeff Williams, wasn't
