“There are no real major changes when you grow canola,” Koehn said. “I mean, that's probably about the most attractive thing about it. You can either use a conventional drill, an air seeder, a planter ...

The Smith family captures value from cover crops twice—first as high-quality cattle feed and then as biological fuel for ...

Cut winter forage at flag leaf stage rather than boot stage to maximize digestibility and increase milk production per pound.

Spring is bound to roll in soon, and pastures and other forage crops will begin to green up. With small grain crops going in ...

In this week's alfalfa/forage issue cover story, Field Editor Kylene Scott looks at all the problems wet conditions cause with hay.

In light of current market dynamics, there has been growing interest in converting marginal dryland crop acres to perennial ...

Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are back this summer, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage in western states. The insects cause $318 million in crop losses to alfalfa annually, ...

North Dakota State University’s North Central Research Extension Center located near Minot, has welcomed James Rogers as a North Dakota State University Extension forage crops production specialist.

DR. STEBLER's well-known work, “Die besten Futterpflanzen,” has found a translator into English. A French translation is also before us. so that it is now available to everyone who speaks any one of ...

KIMBERLY — University of Idaho Extension researchers see promise in hybrid rye and teff as potential forage crop options that could fill important niches for Magic Valley farmers, especially during ...

If you’ve ever moved from one location in the US to another, you may know that different regions have different “hardiness zones” for outdoor plants. So, if you live in the south, and want to bring a ...

Discussions often focus on which crops can increase soil carbon stocks. Soil organic matter contributes to many aspects of soil function, including soil quality, biomass yield, water quality, nutrient ...