In most instances, taking over a few distressed pivots and accompanying rangeland in the middle of nowhere wouldn’t exactly be considered a good idea.

Sheep producers should set annual goals for the forage and pasture grazing system. Under most farm circumstances a forage grazing plan will require several years to implement selected goals.

Triticale (trit-e-kay-lee) has made significant gains in acreage over the past decade. In the southern Great Plains, over 400 truckloads of seed were sold in 2009. A good amount of those acres are being grown for silage, mostly to be fed by dairies.

For more than 25 years many forage producers have been successful in no-till seeding small-seeded crops. In recent years with the introduction of more no-till drills, more and more producers are adopting no-till as the preferred method of forage crop establishment.

“Alex, I sent an e-mail to the senator like you’ve been bugging me to do. It won’t do any good but maybe it will get you off my back.”

This was the communication Alex McGregor received from one of his grower colleagues awhile back.

Leo was also a gardener. His garden was like mine, a miracle garden. With the travel schedule of a hay hauler, it was a miracle if the garden survived.