By Chris Penrose
Now that we have up most of our hay for the year, we can start to determine if there will be enough stored feed for the winter.
Many farmers I have talked with have had significant reductions in yields this year leaving hay in short supply. In addition, many areas have been experiencing […]

How has fertilizer prices impacted forage production on your farm? How do you think fertilizer prices will influence your production in the future? Can you afford to spread fertilizer on hay and pasture fields these days?
Are you sure you can afford not to spread fertilizer on your fields? How are farmers going to be […]

As the leaves start turning and the nights get colder, our usual crops of orchardgrass, ryegrass and alfalfa begin to winterize.

Dryness leads to poisonous grazing With dry weather in many parts of the area, the potential for animals to eat toxic plants increases, mostly because they’re hungry and not much forage is available for grazing.

Well, it never fails. We go out there with the perfect plans and plant the perfect pasture. In no time at all, undesirable plants find a way to grow with our crop.

With many harvested small grain fields that weren’t double cropped to soybeans now sitting idle, cattlemen still have an excellent opportunity to create high quality forages that may be grazed well into winter, and even next spring.

The month of August offers a window of great opportunities to get a jump on pasture planning and development.

Forage can provide most of the nutritional requirements of a beef herd during the fall and winter. The challenge becomes the management of supplement due to variations in forage quality and growth.

In a dairy farm’s employee break room, I saw the following posted: “Our employees are our most important asset.

The dairy replacements are the foundation of any dairy enterprise. They are the future of your dairy herd and will be one of the major factors that will determine continued improved herd performance.