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.

Three “what-ifs” for late season alfalfa
Forage Flash

Oct. 1, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
The end of the line for alfalfa growth is usually when plants experience a hard freeze. This weather event can be defined by temperatures dropping below 25ºF for more than four hours, and some region...
Ryegrass roundup
Forage Flash

Oct. 1, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Rye is a staple forage in Southern pastures. Well, ryegrass, that is — not cereal rye. More specifically, annual ryegrass is the crop in question, not the perennial kind. And just to be clear, we ar...
Graziers agree this grass isn’t great
Grazing

Sept. 24, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
One of the favorite parts of my job is getting to visit farms all over the country. Having boots-on-the-ground experience in hay and pasture systems across the U.S. is the best way to acquire un...
High haylage keeps these Holsteins happy
Dairy

Sept. 24, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Wabasha, Minn., may ring a bell as the setting of the 1993 comedy film “Grumpy Old Men.”...
Clear up these PRF insurance concerns
Forage Flash

Sept. 17, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
December 1 is the deadline to sign up for pasture, rangeland, and forage (PRF) insurance for the 2025 calendar year. This subsidized program can help mitigate forage production losses due to low...
Get a sneak peek of corn silage quality
Forage Flash

Sept. 17, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
In the order of operations of feeding dairy cattle, forage quality analysis tends to be the step in between storage and feedout...
Soybean forage isn’t a fail-safe option
Forage Flash

Sept. 10, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
Making soybean hay or silage is one way to combat drought conditions that thwarted a good grain harvest and limited the production of other forages...
Four tips for fall horse pastures
Forage Flash

Sept. 10, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
As cooler temperatures pump the brakes on plant growth in perennial pastures, grazing management must shift to accommodate the change of pace...
Don’t let corn silage call in sick
Corn Silage

Sept. 3, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
This spring, I seeded some container varieties of lettuce in planter boxes near a shaded area of my makeshift home garden. My harvest was far from fruitful and only afforded enough leaves to put...
Nip forage nitrates in the bud
Forage Flash

Sept. 3, 2024
BY Amber Friedrichsen, Managing Editor
This spring, I seeded some container varieties of lettuce in planter boxes near a shaded area of my makeshift home garden. My harvest was far from fruitful and only afforded enough leaves to put on a...
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