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It is so true that a small portable inflator or air compressor is a great tool to have both on the farm and around the house. Even small units are great for inflating tires or toys, and many pack enough punch for some small air tools. The key word here is “some.”
Small wheel loaders have been an essential piece of equipment on forage-growing operations for many years. Their performance capabilities are ideal for tasks such as filling silage pits, loading silage in carriers to be transported to feedlots, or handling, loading and stacking hay bales.
Forage quality doesn’t increase after harvest, so what methods can be put into place to ensure haylage yields are of optimum use to animals? Agriculture experts have spent years researching what steps affect forage nutrition, and some of the most minute details can alter the makeup of your product.
The ag industry is one that doesn’t stand still. Everything from new technology to unexpected changes in weather affects operations and brings growers both new challenges and opportunities. Despite continual change, one thing remains a constant for all: the value of the dollar.
Although many vertebrate pests cause problems in alfalfa, the most frequent offenders are often pocket gophers (geomyidae) and meadow voles (also known as meadow mice; Microtus spp.). Pocket gophers are short, stout burrowing rodents, usually 6 to 8 inches in length.
While alfalfa is often recognized as “queen of the forages,” corn may be considered “king of the crops” since it currently ranks as the nation’s largest acreage crop with more than 87 million acres.
In a state of 10,000 lakes, water law rules the land.
At Stoney Creek Farm, near Redwood, Minnesota, Grant Breitkreutz knows conservation isn’t just good practice;
Some of the more panicked calls I receive during summer months are from silage corn growers who have suddenly discovered they have a spider mite infestation in their fields. In many cases, it seems the mites that weren’t there yesterday have multiplied an hundredfold overnight.
The arid climate and open spaces of our Western states create the perfect combination for providing low disease pressure, which allows us the ability to produce high-quality forages.
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