According to the USDA’s Crop Production Annual Summary released last month, the nation’s forage production appeared to have ended on an overall positive note in 2024...

Drought can be a debilitating experience for any farmer but is particularly difficult for livestock farmers...

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...

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

The offseason is a time of year when you can get unexpected phone calls and possibly a few visits from sales people who are trying to pedal their agricultural wares...

The cow-calf industry will always be close to my heart...

Bale grazing in the eastern U.S. has its challenges compared to traditional, more Northern regions where the system is used...

When teaching others to review and interpret forage analyses, the first number that I tend to focus on is fiber content...

Cows don’t necessarily need alfalfa or corn silage — they need energy, fiber, and protein. Forages with greater concentrations of these nutrients are ultimately more valuable to animals; however...

Thanks to research from Bill Weiss and Norm St-Pierre at The Ohio State University, we have a concrete understanding of the factors that contribute variance to feed sampling...