Corn silage acres, left with limited crop residue and typically receiving a manure application after harvest, are ideal fields for cover crops.

For many dairy farms in the U.S., corn silage and haylage supply a significant portion of the herd’s dietary energy and protein needs.

Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) are perennial, clump-forming grasses considered to be dual-purpose species.

We tend to minimize when writing for a broad audience that our continent is actually made up of climate zones, and within those are micro-climates, and within those are native plants that have adapted to the environment and continue to adapt to environmental change.

Many people envision their farm becoming a chemical-free or reduced chemical no-till system but can’t quite figure out what that looks like, including weed suppression, controlling the previous crop and getting all the inputs in the field.