Alfalfa has been termed the “Queen of Forages.” Unfortunately, her highness is a fickle ruler...

Focus. Sitting down to look at a Google map of a dairy’s feed pad, hoping to optimize the layout of projected forage crop yields and inventories, my mind wandered...

A system is defined as a group of interacting, interrelated, and/or interdependent elements forming a complex whole...

Forage quality and consistency rank near the top of every dairy producer’s list as key influences on farm profitability...

As the realization of the work and endless tasks begins to bear down each spring, the anticipation of a new crop year can quickly turn to anxiety. Juggling the spring workload requires wel...

The author is a forage consultant in Bay City, Wis. Several years into my forage career I encountered a high-producing, well-managed herd struggling with managing forage piles. It wasn’t...