In a job like mine, traveling to meetings and conferences around the country comes with the territory. Following a slug of recent fall and winter forage fests, one of the many things I’v
Bert Strayer La Crosse Seed, a wholesale supplier of premium forage, cover crop and turf seeds is pleased to announce that Bert Strayer will assume the newly created role of Western Cover Crop Lead
The author is a freelance writer from Bozeman, Mont., and has her own communications business, Cowpunch Creative. This past September marked the seventh anniversary of the Grassfed Exchange Conf
HFG:You’ve been an informative, passionate voice for management-intensive grazing for many years. When did you first realize that this is what you wanted to make your life-long calling?
The 2015 hay and haylage crop is in storage and being fed, with many producers asking how their crops stack up, no pun intended. Determining a single crop’s quality can be a tricky task
In last Friday's USDA Cattle report, there were 92 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of January 1. This was an increase of 3 percent from a year ago and is the highest cattle i
Pitchers and catchers have reported to their respective camps and that’s a welcomed sign that baseball season is soon to be. It’s also a signal of greening and growing pastures (or soo
It’s no secret that alfalfa fixes significant amounts of nitrogen (N) that benefits a subsequent grass crop and reduces or eliminates the need to purchase N fertilizer. The amount of available
“Accurately measuring pasture forage intake, whether warm or cool-season annuals, remains one of our greatest challenges,” says Nicolas DiLorenzo, beef specialist for the University of Florida
Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB (except for those noted as delivered, which is indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the end of the day on
Midwestern BioAg and QLF Agronomy announced today that L-CBF TerraFed™ is now OMRI Listed and WSDA approved. TerraFed is a liquid carbon-based fertilizer containing over 34 percent sugar
Three stripes indicates this bale exceeds 180 RFV Hay producers and cattle feeders now can visually identify the relative feed value (RFV) of every alfalfa hay bale. A new feature of
T-L Irrigation Co., the exclusive world manufacturer of hydrostatically powered pivot irrigation systems, is pleased to announce they have been awarded two patents by the United States Patent Office
CASE Construction Equipment introduces the new 521F wheel loader that meets federal Tier 4 Final emissions standards using Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology
Forage is an indispensable part of dairy cow diets. However, due to its bulkiness and the inherently low levels of fiber digestibility, cows are limited in how much forage they can consume
I t was a grass that time forgot — until a Wisconsin grazier rediscovered it decades later and research showed that it had great potential as a pasture grass
Though there is no scientific survey that documents the rising popularity of baled silage, an excursion down rural roads tells us that more and more forage is being harvested in this manner
Massey Ferguson®, a global brand of AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), introduced the 5700SL Series mid-range tractors to producers during the 2016 National Farm Machinery Show
