Cover crops provide multiple benefits to the producer and the environment. The primary benefit is additional forage production from the growth of the cover crop which can be used by the producer for ...

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Outwintering cattle on forage crops will be limited to farms on drier land. But where animals have access to such crops, outlined are some tips for grazing. The reader loyalty code gives you full ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program which aims to ...

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...

It is never too early for a farmer and rancher to prepare for his taxes, writes Shannon Sand with Nebraska Extension.

Planning for 2025 means planning for uncertainty — too much water, or too little, high wind, heat, cold and more. While not ...

Paul Locher explains how early settlers of Ohio country would have harvested corn, detailing the tools they would have used.

SEATTLE — The world's largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the "murder hornet" for its dangerous sting and ability to ...

(IANR photo) This year many dryland producers may be looking to turn their drought-damaged crops to silage or hay for livestock feed ... Sample record and space to record your data to determine ...

Consider, for example, the advances in bale package sizes ... including the amount of available carbohydrates in the forage crop, air circulation in the hay stack, relative humidity in the storage ...

Balanced diet, effective breed and manure management and precision dairy farming technologies could improve dairy ...