With its deep taproots and ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, alfalfa has the potential to be an outlet for high-carbon materials like almond shell by-products...

The cattle industry is inherently volatile and subject to the unpredictable forces of weather, market prices, and input costs. To navigate these uncertainties, beef producers must adopt resilient strategies that ensure long-term profitability and sustainability...

Don't go to the town diner for breakfast in the morning — it’s too far of a drive. I would imagine, though, that with beef prices as high as they are for calves, there would be plenty of ranchers horn-tooting about their recent paychecks...

We are all familiar with the three primary nutrients required by plants: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)...

Last year, we started experimenting with virtual fencing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...

In last month’s column, I had talked about where the best place in the U.S. to be in cow-calf production might be...

One of the soil functions of widespread interest to country and city dwellers alike is providing a firm foundation, either for growing plants or for the variety of buildings that we house our livestock, harvested grain, or families in...

It seems like many of my columns begin with, “A lot of people ask me . . .”...

Is it safe to assume that we all look forward to a bit of spring green up?...

“We, as cattle producers, row-crop farmers, and as a society, have been pushed toward maximizing production as much as we can,” said Dan Glenn at the Kentucky Cattleman’s Association meeting las...