Some of you reading this may never have considered the ensilage process as a preservation option, while others of you have been practicing this preservation technique since you and your pitchfork first lost your job to a silo unloader.

Agricultural settings support a wide array of wildlife because of the mix of cover and forage.

For livestock producers wanting the most out of their pastures, measuring forage dry matter content before and after livestock grazing is the most effective way of managing an intensive grazing system.

As herd sizes have grown, so have the storage units that preserve the forages used to feed dairy cows.

Leo made one of many interesting comments as we were riding together some years back. “If that truck you are following,” he started, “is taking the curves in the road about five miles an hour slower than the curves are posted for, then there is a good chance that the driver used to haul hay.”

I felt a twinge of sadness when I heard that the SEAM (Social Engineers And Manipulators) had declared BEETLESS TUESDAY in Missoula, Montana.

Thanks again to those of you who have called in and added your comments and questions to consider as we seek out solutions for our industry crisis.

County Field Nights are a long-held summer tradition for the Pennsylvania Holstein Association.

The other day, a dairyman client called regarding a side business he was considering and wanted some advice.

Recently I have had a very stimulating conversation with a renowned physician and pathologist, Oliver Stanton and Anders Ericsson, author of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) paper, “The making of an expert.”