A three-story farmhouse with stone walls and a wrap-around porch sits at the heart of Springwood Organic Farm. It is where Dwight Stoltzfoos grew up, and it is where he and his wife, Brenda, are currently raising nine children of their own...
The list of acid concentrations on a forage analysis is like a report card for silage fermentation. Although good grades usually indicate feed is palatable, digestible, and stable, some high scores wi...
A vigorous alfalfa stand most likely points back to well-timed and carefully executed seeding. In the Midwest, alfalfa seeding dates can fall on either shoulder of the growing season with both times o...
Tornado season in the central states is not limited to the spring anymore as severe weather events no longer seem to be exclusive to specific times of year. All it takes is warm, moist air ahead of an...
Perennial forages are often praised for their ability to capture atmospheric carbon and sequester it in the soil. But what if forage’s positive impacts on greenhouse gas emissions extended beyond th...
All eyes are on the long-term forecast as precipitation and temperature maps point to another impending drought year across much of the U.S. This comes as some perennial pastures are still trying to r...
Winter cereal grains have taken big strides in the forage world as prominent components of double crop systems. In addition to keeping living roots in the soil and covering the ground during colder mo...
Warmer winter temperatures might welcome an early growing season, but this head start won’t be exclusive to forage. Weeds like poison hemlock that can be deadly to livestock may sooner become an iss...
December 2023 through February 2024 has been dubbed “The winter that wasn’t,” due to historically warm temperatures across the country and a lack of snowfall in the northern states. Not only is...
