Growing concern has been that many farmers lose too many leaves during the harvesting process...

Technology is evolving faster than ever before, and farming technology is no exception...

Weighing the costs and benefits of an opportunity can be the first step in the decision-making process. Farmers know both sides of this scale hang heavy when that decision pertains to agricultur...

There are many routes to high-yielding alfalfa, but few of them don’t go down the potassium road. I was reminded of this after reading a recently published five-year study in Agronomy Journal that w...

Adding a farm enterprise is often a complicated and hand-wringing exercise in decision making. But every once in a while, the stars align and an additional enterprise just makes perfect sense with lit...

For haymakers, natural rainfall can be the devil or the savior. It’s needed and then not needed. Raindrops on the roof can make us sleep better or not sleep at all. A haymaker’s life is spent pray...

It seems many people in the farming and ranching communities are still having a hard time coming to terms with the concept of climate change and what role human beings might play in this process...

In the Midwest, over the last two decades, both June and September have shown a trend toward warmer average monthly temperatures...

Dealing with an honest broker who is well-versed in the market can have many advantages that can save a farmer or customer time, resources, and money...

In my last column, I had discussed how to train your grazier’s eye to conduct ongoing pasture inventories...