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JohnDeere2
Deere & Company plans to construct a new 33,000-square-foot facility at the Iowa State University (ISU) Research Park as a design and test lab
1804-05_19-roundbaler
We’ve been really busy at our store this spring with customers who are chopping haylage, planting corn, and making baleage. We’ve sent out numerous pieces of new and used equipment
1804-05_16-Hughes
There are some people you meet in life whom you’ll never forget, nor do you ever want to. For me, count Ted and Patsy Hughes in that category
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Many factors should be considered when determining how much, if any, fertilizer to apply to bermudagrass pastures
Mike-Rankin-field
Herbert Hoover received plenty of accolades prior to his presidency for a wide range of humanitarian efforts. He was overwhelmingly elected as our 31st president in 1928
Putnam_Dan
Hay & Forage Grower interviews Dan Putnam, Forage extension specialist at the University of California-Davis
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Webster defines the word unique as “being without a like or equal.”
1804-05_08-strive
Ruminants have a distinct advantage compared to other livestock because of their ability to process highly fibrous, otherwise nonutilizable, feedstuffs into a marketable product
1804-05_10-beef
When feeding hay or baleage to beef cattle, quality is king. However, can stored forage quality actually be too good?
Bussard_Jesse
In late January, ranchers and rangeland researchers gathered together in Nevada for the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) 71st Annual Meeting
1804-05_14-winterkill
In an already challenging agriculture economy, it may seem like this year has little positive to offer — especially if substantial winterkill of forage stands has occurred on your farm
1804-05_20-alfalfa
The high nutritive value of alfalfa makes it a valuable forage for ruminant animals. However, alfalfa producers are continually faced with balancing yield and quality during the growing season
1804-05_24-NZ-sheep
An online search for photographs of New Zealand agriculture often results in landscapes of happy sheep grazing on lush pasture against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains
18-4-05_26-overgrazing
Maintaining proper stocking rates to avoid overgrazing is the number one requirement for a financially successful ranch
1804-05_32-forage-tester
Over the past decade, near-infrared reflectance spectrometers (NIRS) have gone from the lab to the field and can now fit into the palm of your hand
1804-05_30-forage
All cattle are “grass-fed” until they reach the finishing phase. Calves are usually sent to a feedlot for finishing, where they’re put on a high-concentrate diet to add marbling
1804-05_22-beef-grazing
The title is a common question that I get when discussing the management of a property or when a producer considers buying or leasing a new property
1804-04_fermentation-table1
The ensiling process is a well-established tool to store forages while maintaining their nutrient composition and availability. Thus, ensiled forages are predominant feed ingredients use
April 3, 2018 • Acres harvested for hay in the U.S. are expected to remain unchanged in 2018 compared to last year, based on USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released last week. Farmers
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It’s likely that about 30 percent of round bale users are not removing the net wrap or twine on bales before feeding or processing. That was a finding from the South Dakota State University (SDSU)