The following articles were Progressive Forage Grower's Top 10 most-well read articles in 2010. Is one of your favorites missing from the list?  Leave a comment below!

1. A custom harvester and his big box
2. Use wrapping as a management tool
3. How to use organic fertilizers and herbicides in pastures
4. New John Deere chopper proves itself in friendly competition
5. Growers make comp-“hay”-tition fun
6. Conservation tillage silage corn production expanding in California’s San Joaquin Valley
7. Forage sorghum: A versatile option
8. Feed the soil to feed your crop
9. Custom cutters weigh in on triticale silage
10. Multi-species grazing can improve utilization of pastures

Twenty years of research into controlling a beetle that destroys alfalfa has led to what can be a homegrown remedy.

The larvae of the alfalfa snout beetle, an invasive species that likely came to Oswego in boat ballast in the 19th century, feed on the roots of alfalfa, a valuable north country crop.

As calendar year 2010 quickly comes to a close, farm managers are meeting with their income tax professionals to assemble tax management plans to take advantage of new tax law changes.

I recently heard a speaker deliver an address that made me stop and think about the many things I have to be grateful for in my life. I would like to share some of his words with you below:

I have needs that most of the population does not. For this reason I do most of my clothes shopping mail-order or online via Sheplers or Cabela’s. Most of the clothing they carry comes in tall sizes.