Three-story farmhouse with stone walls and a wrap-around porch sits at the heart of Springwood Organic Farm. It is where Dwight Stoltzfoos grew up, and it is where he and his wife, Brenda, are currently raising nine children of their own...

Will it head early? Will it head late?These two questions follow grass varieties around like a lost puppy. They get asked by grass breeders during development; they get asked by marketing departments...

Another flip of the calendar means the first cutting of alfalfa is fast approaching for many farmers...

Fall dormancy of alfalfa is an important trait to consider when selecting a variety, but how relevant is it to farm-scale production?...

Do fresh, newly planted pastures provide better nutritional quality for grazing livestock than older pastures?...

Drought is on farmers’ minds across Missouri and other states. Monthly precipitation has been below average 17 of the last 22 months in Columbia, Mo...

Several out-of-state license plates cruise through Moneta, Va., in the summertime as drivers head toward Smith Mountain Lake for a weekend getaway...

During my years as an extension agent, I would occasionally be called out to a farm for the purpose of evaluating a failed or thin new alfalfa seeding field. Often, the farmer and seed brand represent...

Although alfalfa has been grown and studied for many generations, there are still some mysteries surrounding the crop that continue to dog us. Specific knowledge of what conditions cause winterkill is...

Forage should make up the majority of any horse diet, typically around 1% to 2% of body weight...