Knowledge is power. That phrase has been repeated through the generations for one reason: It’s true.

Are you soil sampling regularly? If so, are you getting the most you can for your money? It sounds easy, right? Just stick a shovel into the field and grab some dirt, send it to the lab, get results and move on.

Today’s rural families operate in a time of increasing financial uncertainty. Current financial conditions are unlike any previously experienced.

High-moisture corn can be a valuable alternative for harvesting corn grain for dairy and beef cattle.

Every alfalfa producer has made the difficult decision to end the life of an alfalfa stand. In irrigated alfalfa production, this is often associated with crop rotation and seems to hover around a four- to seven-year stand life.

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.

When we have excess forage and want to preserve it for future use, we really have only three practical choices. We can let it remain in the field as standing dry vegetation.

A number of genetically engineered (GE) field crops are currently available for commercial production, with nearly all being utilized in the dairy and livestock industry.

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.