During my high school years, finding new boundaries was just a part of the maturation process

The philosophies of regenerative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, and holistic agriculture are generating a great deal of interest these days

In the past few years, there has been growing interest in warm-season annual forages, including forage sorghum, sudangrass, and sorghum-sudangrass

Every year, there is a lot of lodged forage due to delayed harvests caused by heavy winds and rain associated with severe storms

As the weather starts to warm up for most of the country, farmers begin to get restless after a long winter of shop hours

As alfalfa has slowly been reintroduced to Southern fields this past decade — this time grown with bermudagrass — the need for new alfalfa research has also grown

IT SEEMS pretty straightforward. In the West, we irrigate pastures; in the East, we don’t. In the East, it rains frequently, and in the West, it doesn’t. Plain as black and white

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

Cover crops are a conservation management tool in grain production that are used to enhance soil properties, reduce erosion, control weeds, and play a role in water management

April 6, 2021• Harvested hay acres in the U.S. during 2021 is projected to total 51.7 million, according to USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report. That total is 1% lower than 2020.•

Nighttime temperatures last week were low enough to frost or freeze alfalfa plants across a large swath of the United States

The positive benefits that legumes provide to pastures and animals are well known. Still, some graziers cite reasons for not maintaining a significant legume presence in their pastures

Teff grass has always been one of those fringe warm-season grass options, but it has gained in popularity over the past 10 years

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

A critical component of profitable alfalfa production is the need to establish a dense, vigorous stand

by Paige SmartS & K Livestock Development LLC is a custom cattle grazing business that was started by my brother, Ryan Kennedy, and I in 2018. Ryan had been using cover crops and minimum til

Forages and grazing programs serve as the foundation of most cow-calf operations; thus, sound grazing strategies and forage management practices are vital for operational success

New Holland Agriculture was honored with the Gold medal at the 2021 edition of the Edison Awards for the ground-breaking Loop Master™ knotting technology

Driving unabated in the eastbound lane across I-90 in South Dakota, I heard the familiar ringtone of my cellphone

One of the most memorable visions documented in the Bible is experienced by the prophet Ezekiel. Often referred to as the Valley of Dry Bones, the story has inspired many Sunday school lessons