With the cattle market looking a little shaky, we’ve decided it’s time to look for additional sources of income. After scrolling through 95 infomercial channels in search of one TV show my husband and I could agree on, I have hit on the perfect solution: a week-long, fat-blaster workout called the Hay Hauler’s Shape-Up.

AT-A-GLANCE: In an effort to create additional silage tonnage and supplement nitrogen, a Montana producer sows soybeans into silage corn. Raising soybeans in corn silage – it’s a little unconventional, but who can argue with success?

Have you thought about planting cover crops this year, but don’t know where to start? As more and more farmers experiment with cover crops for the first time, a number of questions come up. The following are some of the most frequently asked questions I hear.

Alfalfa, the queen of forages, has held secrets for centuries. Now, those genetic mysteries are being unlocked for plant breeders seeking to make the forage crop hardier and of higher quality.

Many horse managers have a keen eye for hay quality, but their buying habits may seem fickle because they need forages to fit an array of unique preferences and animal performance requirements.

The phrase “garbage in, garbage out” was originally used in the field of computer science. Long before it existed, my father had his own saying.

Mississippi State University Prairie Research Unit didn’t feed the 90 to 110 large round bales per week they usually do; this year they fed zero.