After a few years of extremely tight overall forage seed inventories that were exacerbated by supply chain challenges, many of the primary forage species in key production areas should start to have a...

Let’s be honest: Alfalfa has taken somewhat of a hit over the past 20 years. It’s enough to break an alfalfa guy or girl’s heart. Since 2005, there has been about a 30% drop off in harveste...

Fall is always a good time to focus on leaves...

Although Labor Day doesn’t mark the official beginning of fall, it’s difficult to classify September as a summer month...

The list of components in a dairy cow’s ration includes forages, nonfiber carbohydrate feeds (grains and by-products), rumen degradable and by-pass proteins, fat, minerals, vitamins, and other feed...

No dairy farm looks the same. The same can be said for their perennial forage fields, most notably those with alfalfa...

The COVID-19 pandemic shut down world economies for extended periods and continues to have a long tail. Ramping back up hasn’t been easy as evidenced by production challenges of goods and services...

There are several situations when the ability to seed alfalfa after a killed alfalfa crop might be the desired play. It certainly would be a “go-to” practice for many commercial alfalfa growers...

Plant maturity is often cited as the primary driver of forage quality. Make no mistake — it is...

I just returned from south central Missouri where repeated heavy rains have left hayfields and pastures in a bog-like condition...