Amber Friedrichsen
Amber Friedrichsen

The author is the past managing editor for Hay & Forage Grower. Amber Friedrichsen joined the Hay & Forage Grower staff as an associate editor in May 2023. Friedrichsen also served as the editorial intern in 2021 and 2022. She graduated from Iowa State University in May 2023 with a double major in agricultural communication and agronomy. Friedrichsen grew up and worked on her family’s diversified crop and livestock farm in eastern Iowa near Clinton.

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Tall grass, small paddocks, and high hopes
Grasses
March 24 2026 Farmers must have hope that the tiny seeds they sow will develop into productive plants; hope that new practices will have positive impacts on their land, livestock, and bottom lines; and hope for future...
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Here’s what hay buyers want
Hay
March 17 2026 Hay buyers are like snowflakes — no two customers are alike. Their preferences revolve around the type of livestock they are feeding, the stage of production those animals are in, and their capacity
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Early harvests capture triticale quality
Forage Flash
March 17 2026 Harvesting winter cover crops — including triticale — can add a considerable cushion to forage inventories. Many dairies rely on cover crop silage for heifer and dry cow feed, but according...
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He moved to Canada, bought three choppers
Silage
March 10 2026 Moving from Switzerland to Canada in search of a more fulfilling farm life has challenges of its own, but when Matthias Siegrist’s dairy farming dreams didn’t become a reality, he had to channel...
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Old hay isn’t always bad hay
Forage Flash
March 10 2026 Gray hair and wrinkles may be defining features of old age, but I’ve heard those characteristics also come from stress, anxiety, and raising rowdy kids. Similarly, quality loss in older hay is not...
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Celebrating 40
First Cut
March 10 2026 Living vicariously through someone or something is usually associated with reliving the glory days, albeit indirectly
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Hay exports took a dip in 2025
Hay
March 3 2026 Hay exports in 2025 totaled 2.7 million metric tons (MT), according to USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). This was down 17% year-over-year, following a relatively flat trend the previous...
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There’s no perfect replacement for BMR corn
Corn Silage
Feb. 24 2026 Brown midrib (BMR) corn has been a key player in the starting lineup of many dairy farmers’ feed crop rotations. But now that BMR hybrids are being called off the court and phased off the market,...
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Find your warm-season stride
Forage Flash
Feb. 24 2026 Warm-season grasses aren’t miracle forages, but they have a rightful seat at the table in Southern hay and grazing systems. Although they tend to be lower quality than their cool-season counterparts
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It's a small grass seed world
Other
Feb. 19 2026 There are select few regions of the United States with ideal conditions for grass seed production, and Oregon’s Willamette Valley is one of them
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Forage recovery after Hurricane Helene
Other
Feb. 19 2026 Bruno Pedreira summed up the impact that Hurricane Helene had on Southeastern forage systems in one word: devastating
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Stockpiled pastures deserve a spring break
Forage Flash
Feb. 17 2026 Stockpiling forage is a proven way to extend the grazing season through the fall and into the winter. Doing so also saves on hay-feeding costs and prevents mud and ruts that would otherwise form
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Fourth place
First Cut
Feb. 17 2026 Oblique Seville is one of the smallest professional sprinters in the world. The 5-foot-6 Jamaican track and field athlete specializes in the 100 meters and is often the shortest and slightest lane assignment...
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Rumor has it El Niño is back
Hay
Feb. 10 2026 “Not all rumors are true, but there is probably a shred of truth in each.” That was Matt Makens’s first comment as he took the stage at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s...
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Hay exports in troubled waters
Hay
Feb. 3 2026 The hay export market has historically carried a lot of weight for Western producers. Figuratively speaking, that remains true, as hay exports affect Western market prices and contribute to the
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Prevent scours with pasture moves
Forage Flash
Feb. 3 2026 Below-freezing temperatures, negative windchills, and winter storm warnings don’t exactly spell “spring,” nor do those conditions bode well for spring calving season. In addition to inclement...
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Hay prices remain weak out West
Hay
Jan. 27 2026 Last year marked the third year of the hay market downturn across the country. In the Western states, Josh Callen explained how shifting dynamics throughout the region and overseas have kept hay price
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A mission to become a better farmer
Grazing
Jan. 20 2026 Who am I, and what is my mission? That was the question Jonathan Fordham challenged audience members to answer by the end of his first-place Forage Spokesperson presentation during the American F
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Is your seed drill up to snuff?
Forage Flash
Jan. 13 2026 The winter months are often reserved for machinery maintenance and repairs, but even in the offseason, some of those to-do list tasks get pushed to the back burner. Spring planting season tends to sne
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Slow and steady hay gains in 2025
Hay
Jan. 13 2026 USDA launched its Crop Production Annual Summary yesterday, which contains final numbers for hay production, acreage, and average yields in 2025.According to the report, forage production was relative
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