It’s a guarantee that cool-season grass pastures will take a break this summer when hot, dry conditions set in...

Much of the hay made in the Fescue Belt provides less than the needed quality for many livestock species and classes...

From the road, most pastures look pretty good during this time of year...

The South Poll cows were red and slick. At their side — an equal number of 1-month-old or younger calves already grazing on spring fescue in a Savannah-like setting...

Inventory in U.S. haymows on May 1 shrunk by 13% from a year ago. Compared to May 1, 2020, spring hay stocks are down 29% or 5.9 million tons...

As grass seedheads develop this spring, take time to check for ergot development...

Even without scientific scrutiny, our eyes tell us that a perennial forage crop like alfalfa should benefit the soil...

As is the case with harvest timing, cutting height makes a difference in terms of yield and persistence. But there are options and distinct differences between alfalfa and grasses...

It's not Idaho’s Magic Valley, nor is it Washington’s fertile Columbia Basin. Rather, it’s the land in between, located on the western edge of Idaho in the far eastern Palouse region. Here, in Idaho’s Panhandle, is where Wade Simons and his wife, Edie, have built a successful farm business, leasing land that, by their own admission, “most farmers don’t want.”...

Choices: We make them every day. Some seem big, others less significant, but only time can truly measure the magnitude of choice outcomes...