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As we look ahead to the next haymaking season, I’m sure some people have begun to accept the new norm for equipment costs
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Environmental conditions prior to and during the growing season impact the resulting crop yield and quality
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This past fall, I had the opportunity to visit several different regions across the U.S. and drove many miles of two-lane roads around the countryside
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The cow-calf industry will always be close to my heart
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This edition of Sunrise on Soil offers some ethical and spiritual musings of soil

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The objectives of feeding cows are to provide a nutritionally balanced and relatively homogeneous ration fed in a way that suppresses selection by cows, has roughly 2% residual in the feedbunk at the end
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In my role as an extension specialist, my team and I conduct many research trials related to grazing management and conserved forage production
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Envu Range & Pasture is delivering on its promise to bring ranchers problem-solving solutions by introducing new features within the RangeView™ digital rangeland tool
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“Where do you want to meet?” I texted Mark from the seat of my rental vehicle, which sat in a Townsend, Mont., gas station parking lot
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Many older perennial pastures could benefit from renovation. While we think of these as “permanent pastures,” we must realize perennial pastures evolve away from what was originally planted

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Residual herbicides may help alfalfa growers in their fight against herbicide-resistant weeds such as pigweeds and kochia, according to recent Alfalfa Checkoff-funded research
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To Will Carter, Pintlala Creek is more than a scribbled line that runs through the middle of a map of Alabama — it is a symbol of environmental stewardship that borders his beef farm
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In addition to brightening up the inside of a seed bag, colorful seed coatings can serve several functions for alfalfa establishment
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If hay inventories are currently tighter than you’d like them to be, don’t wait until spring and be staring at an empty barn
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Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which are indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at t

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RCI Engineering is pleased to announce it has received a 2024 AE50 award for the T8088 Ag-Bagger from the American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers
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The annual release of hay and forage data by USDA that defines the previous year’s hay production and year-ending inventories arrived in email inboxes last Friday. The Crop Production and Crop
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Bermudagrass is a staple species in many Southeastern hayfields. Even so, unpredictable rainfall patterns and extended periods of wet weather can make harvesting this warm-season grass a daunting task
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Almost every region of the United States saw record-high temperatures in December, but the extended forecast calls for much colder conditions. With artic air sweeping across the central states
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The new year brings with it a fresh start — an opportunity to reflect on the past year and consider resolutions to change and improve the way we do things