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Farmers deal with many variables when it comes to raising a crop, be it changes in the weather or changes in unsettled markets, but the act of harvesting can be one ray of stability when left to professional custom harvesters.
Custom harvesting of forage crops today is akin to the old thrashing days when a community would pool its money and buy a community thrasher because no farmer could afford to own it by himself.
“Alfalfa? In the South?! Will it even grow down here?” That has been the usual response when growing alfalfa in the South is mentioned, but that is starting to change.
During the past two to three years, livestock and crop producers in almost every state have had to deal with drought and, unfortunately, long-range precipitation forecasts are not good.
Want a better pasture? Try managed grazing and plant diversity, said Dr. Allen Williams and Rod Ofte.
Ofte, a fourth-generation farmer who operates Willow Creek Ranch in southwest Wisconsin with his family, and Williams, a sixth-generation beef producer in Mississippi, spoke about managing grazing of grass-fed beef at a Kickapoo Grazing Initiative event held in Gays Mills, Wisconsin.
There is growing interest in the many applications that drones, or small unmanned aerial systems (small UAS), offer farm and ranch landowners. These remotely controlled vehicles, weighing up to 55 pounds, carry cameras, infrared sensors and other technology that allow a landowner to monitor crops, livestock, waterways, boundaries and more.
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