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The physiology of pasture bloat

There is no number on a forage report that can tell you a stand is “safe” from bloat risk, but smart management can help reduce that risk.
January 15, 2024
Rebecca Kern-Lunbery

Alfalfa is a high-quality forage providing a high concentration of protein as well as energy. However, this is also what makes grazing alfalfa a bloat risk.


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Silage for beef cattle

Corn silage has a large nutrient value if harvested and stored correctly.
January 11, 2024
Heather Smith Thomas

Silage can be created from nearly any forage crop, including grasses and legumes, but corn is often used because it is the most energy-dense. Putting up a crop as silage is a way to preserve forage quality through fermentation in an anaerobic environment.


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A first in soil testing

Soil testing is largely considered a settled science, but it most certainly is not. Even still, there seems to be little appetite to fund the ongoing research that’s necessary to make sure that soil testing keeps pace with the demands of modern agriculture.
January 8, 2024
Dustin Sawyer

With funding from the USDA NRCS, ARS and NIFA, along with OCP North America, the soil fertility community has undertaken the immense task of finding and collecting the data that underpin the existing soil testing paradigm in the U.S.


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Irons in the Fire: I did that?

January 1, 2024
Paul Marchant

The annual state convention of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation is usually held around the first week of December every year. As president and board member of my county Farm Bureau, it behooves me to attend the two-and-a-half-day event where state policy is cussed, discussed, developed and argued over.


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Tales of a Hay Hauler: Understanding

December 27, 2023
Brad Nelson

’Twas one of those days that my patience and consideration for most of anything was lacking. I had stopped at the local WinCo supermarket, and the shopping cart on the end of the row refused to come loose.


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