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...

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

A 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...

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...

One of the tools I have used to assist my grazing management decisions is the pasture inventory...

In the northern United States, hayfields often consist of a single forage species like alfalfa, but single species pastures are somewhat rare...