Feb. 7, 2022
Every August, the most powerful of tractors assemble in Bowling Green, Ohio, for the National Tractor Pulling Championships...


Feb. 7, 2022
Scott Mericka greeted me with a firm handshake and a friendly smile as I arrived at Grass Dairy in Dodgeville, Wis...


Dec. 31, 2021
Some of Jason Van Kooten’s earliest memories are of sitting on the back window ledge of a Farmall 1466 tractor, pulling a chopper while alfalfa was being chopped for his grandfather’s dairy cows...


Dec. 31, 2021
Somewhere at the intersection of dry hay and chopped haylage you’ll find baleage, and that crossroads is getting more crowded with each passing year...


Nov. 10, 2021
If you find yourself stuck in a pack of vehicles cruising down State Route 15 near Bryan, Ohio, odds are you’ve just entered Friedel Family Farms territory...


Nov. 10, 2021
Seeding alfalfa in the spring, with or without a small grain companion crop, remains the popular approach for stand establishment in much of the northern United States...


Nov. 10, 2021
Hay producers in Nevada are professional gamblers, but they aren’t sitting at a Blackjack table...


Oct. 5, 2021
Harvesting high-quality forage is a challenge. Consistently harvesting high-quality forage is . . . well . . . an even bigger challenge. Some operations seem to have largely mastered the latter hurdle...


Sept. 21, 2021
Matt Hoien grazes cattle in the bermudagrass-tall fescue transition zone of central Arkansas and strives to maintain a long grazing season...


Aug. 19, 2021
While I have stepped onto many pastures before, I have only ever set foot on a golf course once...