Forage Types

Cotton root rot is not just a fear for cotton producers. The rise of cotton root rot in alfalfa fields is a growing concern for alfalfa producers.

Deb Wilks is a dairy nutritionist and consultant with EPL Feed LLC, a nutritional support and service team for dairy producers in the Pacific Northwest.

If you are a dairy producer, you don’t need me to tell you the industry has been in a bear market for at least the past 18 to 24 months.

The year 2017 was tough for many Michigan farmers to make quality hay due to frequent and heavy rains.

Early adopter – that’s how many would describe Ray Robinson of Moo Mountain Milk Inc. in Burley, Idaho.

Drought continues to cover much of the country, resulting in reduced supplies of quality forage and grain. In an attempt to salvage corn and sorghum crops as a feed, cows are turned into the field to graze the total plants (leaves, stalks and grain). This practice, however, may cost more money than it saves due to production and livestock losses resulting from the presence of aflatoxin, prussic acid or nitrate in the grazed crops.