Maybe your spring starts on March 1 according to the meteorological calendar

When I grew up, I wasn’t going to be an ag journalist. In fact, I wasn’t going to work in agriculture at all. I was going to be the lady at the department store who played the piano

In many ways, the kitchen table is the heart of the home

I’m not so much a fanatic of maps themselves, but rather the notion of travel and sense of place they represent

Welcome to our first issue of Hay & Forage Grower XL

Being late for dinner or a meeting is one thing, but late farm operations can have significant economic consequences

Here we are — in the throngs of March Madness. I was never much of a basketball player in high school, being too slow and prone to fouling

MOMENTUM is a wonderful thing. We’ve all seen how positive momentum can bring something or someone from the dregs of defeat or extinction to the top of the hill by merely exerting a little positive

A little over eight years ago, my wife and I moved from an old, large farmhouse to our current, modestly built ranch home in Small Town, U.S.A

Unlike doing an article on a specific farm or designated topic, the forage world is my grocery store candy aisle from which to pick topics for this column

It was 1974 when the Burger King franchise broke out its “Have it your way” campaign

Choices: We make them every day. Some seem big, others less significant, but only time can truly measure the magnitude of choice outcomes

For those in the business of food production, extreme weather events seem to stick to our brains like a tick on a long-haired dog. We just don’t forget . . . ever

Winter offers a lot of time for reflection, and for the editor of a hay and forage magazine, a lot of that thinking is devoted to . . . well . . . hay and forage, at least until baseball season starts

There was a day not too long ago when potash (0-0-60/62) fertilizer would cost a farmer far less than $400 per ton. In fact, for the entirety of 2019 and 2020, potash sat below that historically low p

For those of us in my generation who are currently subjected to a routine colonoscopy schedule, you will remember the days when Google Maps didn’t exist. Driving from Point A to Point B required

Reflecting back to fifth-grade science class, you might recall that the Earth rotates on an axis of about 23.5 degrees. We live on a planet that is just a little off kilter, so to speak

Most sports fans like a good offensive game. Seeing runs or points scored is generally much more compelling entertainment than a defensive battle

Everyone can define their youth by a decade, and mine was the 1960s. For perspective, movies set within those 10 years span “The Sandlot” to “Easy Rider” to “Good Morning,

The year was 2008, and the cost of urea nitrogen was tipping the scales at over 60 cents per pound. Only a few years earlier, it was 30 cents per pound. Farmers were ready to rebel