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In January, while the West made national news with extreme cold weather caused by the polar vortex, the Southwest experienced another phenomenon. It was the morning of Jan. 27 when strong winds hit the town of Clovis, breaking off dry tumbleweeds from the fields. In a matter of hours, thousands of weeds covered houses and businesses, many up to the roof. It took heavy machinery to help people out of their own houses.
When was the last time you Googled the name of your farm or business? Chances are something appeared in the results. In agriculture circles, you often hear about the importance of online and social media presence in the context of advocacy and connecting with consumers for conversations centered on our food supply.
Bacteria, fungi and other very small life forms live all around us but are invisible to the naked eye. These microbes can be found virtually everywhere, including on plants, in soil and in the forage we put into silos. Microbiologists’ understanding of the powerful role of these microorganisms in silage fermentation is growing every day.
With the addition of three more counties, a total of five Illinois counties have now reported confirmed cases of field-evolved resistance to Bt corn (Cry3Bb1 protein) by western corn rootworm, and a University of Illinois entomologist says now is the time to move forward aggressively with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
This time we asked Progressive Forage Grower readers a theoretical question: If forage research funding shifted to the private sector, how should those funds be collected?
As far back as 1,000 B.C., alfalfa was the preferred feed for domesticated animals. Wildlife knew it was a preferred feed long before that and used it for cover and nesting as well.
A 2011 New Holland T8.300 with Soucy 820 track system and 1,137 hours recently sold for $135,400 with an online auction service and received 50 bids (same model without Soucy track was advertised elsewhere for $148,000).
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