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In the heart of Smith Valley, Nev., lies the small, conveniently named community of Smith. Blink, and you’d miss it
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The farm on Township Road 34 was originally bought and given to the great grandparents of Miles and Caleb von Stein as a wedding gift
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Every farm has a story.Like most stories, farms also have chapters. These chapters may be defined by one planting season, a production year, or perhaps a generation of ownership
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Realizing a need for small square bales caused Curtis McGuigan to shift gears on more than just his tractor, and as a result, business is booming
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Every August, the most powerful of tractors assemble in Bowling Green, Ohio, for the National Tractor Pulling Championships

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Scott Mericka greeted me with a firm handshake and a friendly smile as I arrived at Grass Dairy in Dodgeville, Wis
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Some of Jason Van Kooten’s earliest memories are of sitting on the back window ledge of a Farmall 1466 tractor, pulling a chopper while alfalfa was being chopped for his grandfather’s dairy
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Somewhere at the intersection of dry hay and chopped haylage you’ll find baleage, and that crossroads is getting more crowded with each passing year
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If you find yourself stuck in a pack of vehicles cruising down State Route 15 near Bryan, Ohio, odds are you’ve just entered Friedel Family Farms territory
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Seeding alfalfa in the spring, with or without a small grain companion crop, remains the popular approach for stand establishment in much of the northern United States

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Hay producers in Nevada are professional gamblers, but they aren’t sitting at a Blackjack table
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Harvesting high-quality forage is a challenge. Consistently harvesting high-quality forage is . . . well . . . an even bigger challenge. Some operations seem to have largely mastered the latter hurdle
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Matt Hoien grazes cattle in the bermudagrass-tall fescue transition zone of central Arkansas and strives to maintain a long grazing season
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While I have stepped onto many pastures before, I have only ever set foot on a golf course once
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Bales Hay in Buckeye, Ariz., is one of the first farms in the U.S. to adopt steaming technology for small bales. One-pass hay steamer technology is nothing new to Western haymakers

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Ralph Schlatter has been caring for livestock since he was young. When his father passed away in 1969, he and his older brothers became the fifth generation to own their family’s farm in Defiance,
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Nicholas Gutierrez made his appearance in the forage world as a teenager competing in the World Forage Analysis Forage Superbowl at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis
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by Paige SmartS & K Livestock Development LLC is a custom cattle grazing business that was started by my brother, Ryan Kennedy, and I in 2018. Ryan had been using cover crops and minimum til
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Driving unabated in the eastbound lane across I-90 in South Dakota, I heard the familiar ringtone of my cellphone
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Milking dairy cows everyday became monotonous and tiresome for Mike Palmer as a young farmer, which is why he transitioned his grandfather’s dairy farm near Murray, Ky., into a grass-fed beef operation