Tim and Laurie Munns, ranchers near Snowville, Utah, were presented with the Utah Leopold Conservation Award for 2024 – an award that recognizes landowners for their dedication to environmental improvement. Their Flying M Ranch has seen many changes and improvements over the years.

Here’s Progressive Forage’s look at factors impacting hay producers and markets as a new year begins.

The family started working with NRCS in 2021 to replace an existing flood irrigation system with two center-pivot sprinkler systems and irrigation pipeline through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

Seedbed preparation is one of the most fundamental management practices that can make or break our yield goals.

This, I was sure, could make a no-flames hot spot beneath the truck adequate to warm that huge chunk of cast iron to a suitable starting temperature.

The warranty inspector said that’s all they needed, and that it was impossible to fabricate a record book like that. My little record book saved me about $4,000 that day.

Discover how selecting weed-competitive varieties, testing soil and irrigation water, adjusting soil pH, monitoring plants, controlling weeds and timing your harvest can have a significant impact on forage quality.

We took the opportunity to study the technology more closely and decide if there was potential for a positive return on investment should we choose to implement it on our farm.

As spring approaches, the planning and decisions that affect feed quality should begin now.

Just as cab tech provides valuable information to help save time, increase profits and reduce operator error in the field, business tech can enhance your management capabilities back at the farm.