Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Amber Friedrichsen

The author is the managing editor for Hay & Forage Grower. Amber Friedrichsen joined the Hay & Forage Grower staff as an associate editor in May 2023. As of July 2024, she has assumed the role of managing editor. 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.

Warm-season grasses play drought defense
Forage Flash

Dec. 3, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Reflecting on another drought year may put a fire under some farmers’ seats to be more proactive about forage availability next season. Adding warm-season grasses into hay and grazing systems might...
Don’t give up on wheat grazing
Forage Flash

Dec. 3, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
In regions where wheat fields dominate the agricultural landscape, farmers often use fall and spring growth as a source of forage — weather permitting. What seemed like a questionable year to use wh...
Alfalfa roots run deep at this historic dairy
Alfalfa

Nov. 26, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
When I started working at Hay & Forage Grower, I got a front-row seat to all things alfalfa, from baling hay and chopping haylage to plant genetics and seed marketing. Little did I know I th...
Do you need to reseed?
Forage Flash

Nov. 26, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
The offseason is planning season, which includes preparing for pasture and hayfield improvements. In this case, a good plan will justify why, how, and when stand maintenance is required, as well a bud...
Dead forage and dormant seedings
Grasses

Nov. 19, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Reports of dry weather and drought conditions never seem to leave our newsfeed. Where one region receives much needed rainfall, another is slowly progressing from moderate to severe to extreme drought...
Four things I learned at a hay auction
Forage Flash

Nov. 19, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
In every edition of eHay Weekly, we offer examples of market prices for alfalfa and grass hay from selected state USDA reports. Those reports are also used to complete the Market Update column toward...
Forage alone may not cut it for calves
Forage Flash

Nov. 12, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Winter can be a critical growth period for weaned calves that are retained as backgrounders. This stretch of time sets the stage for final animal performance, which may be helped or hindered by the gr...
Corn hybrids could affect intercropping
Forage Flash

Nov. 12, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
The first production year for spring-seeded alfalfa typically gets off to a slow start. In some cases, farmers may only get half of the forage yield they would expect from an established stand.This yi...
A grizzly dispute on public land grazing
Grazing

Nov. 5, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Cattle are prey animals with evolved senses and behaviors to protect themselves from predation. On the contrary, the grizzly bear is the poster child for wildlife predator. So, how does the plaintiff...
Don’t let drought (un)shock the system
Forage Flash

Nov. 5, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Drought can take an obvious toll on forage supplies, stand condition, and water resources, but the effect it has on electric fences may be less apparent. Less apparent, that is, until livestock escape...
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