The author is the director of nutrition research and innovation with Rock River Lab Inc., and adjunct assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dairy Science Department.

Aug. 19, 2021
Picture yourself with the playbook in your hands as several key decisions loom while coaching your team in the final minutes of the game. Your team is relying on you to put them in the right position...

April 27, 2021
with skyrocketing protein costs following a challenged growing season in South America, forage protein value is under the microscope...

April 27, 2021
The underlying genetics of corn, or Zea mays, stem from domesticated teosinte found in Latin America thousands of years ago...

Feb. 19, 2021
The environment and ground we grow forage on continue to change each year. If the United States could allocate moisture from rainfall throughout the continent, growers would be in fantastic shape...

Jan. 22, 2021
Fiber provides bulk to diets — it’s the most important factor to account for when evaluating forages and developing dairy or beef diets...

Nov. 17, 2020
When marketing milk and managing risk with contracts or options, we never make decisions based upon a single event or day...

Aug. 24, 2020
Editor’s note: This is the second of three columns by the authors who will attempt to address the many issues associated with putting a value on alfalfa hay and haylage.In the first article of this...

May 18, 2020
According to data that was recently released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), there are roughly 1.8 million dairy cows in California...

April 7, 2020
Your favorite tractor’s engine control module (ECM) continuously monitors signals from many sensors to keep the tractor running smoothly...

March 13, 2020
Coming upon nearly 100 years of silage science, researchers and farmers have long recognized that successful fermentation will preserve forage and grain long into the future...