Mike Rankin here . . . and for the past nearly 27 years, I was the crops and soils agent with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Fond du Lac County. Previous to attending graduate school at Iowa State and moving to Wisconsin, I worked eight years on a large dairy and grain farm in southern Illinois. Regardless of where the hat was hung, my passion has always been forage crops. Anyone who knows me will tell you that . . . right before or after they tell you I'm...