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Planning next year’s forages

January 1, 2018

Vanessa Olson

It is often overwhelming to know where to begin when it comes to forage production. Do I spray for weeds? Do I replant? Do I graze what forage is already there? How do I get to that perfectly lush, green pasture like my neighbor?

The financial side of worker’s compensation

January 1, 2018

David Leix

A fundamental goal to a successful harvest season is that “everyone goes home at the end of the day – whole, healthy and ideally in better shape and condition than at the start of their work day.” There is also a very real financial side to a successful and safe harvest. Prevention of accidents and their resultant injury and illness reduces your annual worker’s compensation bill.

4 reasons your recordkeeping is worthless

January 1, 2018

Erica Louder

Recordkeeping – the term conjures up hours of office work and data entry. It’s the nemesis of many a productive farmer, a nightmare of paperwork and frustrating computer programs.

Interest rates and the cost of short-term borrowing

January 1, 2018

Todd Kuethe

Over the course of the last year, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee gradually raised the interest rate on overnight deposits (the discount rate) from 1 percent at the end of 2016 to 1.75 percent at the end of 2017.

Written contracts in your forage operation

January 1, 2018

Paul Goeringer

As we enter the new year, many of you have set resolutions you hope to keep throughout the year – but may have broken them by the time you read this article.

Getting the full story with hay quality sensory evaluations

January 1, 2018

Carmen Willmore

Just like skipping to the last half of a book, using laboratory hay quality analysis to make purchasing decisions doesn’t give you the full story.

Seeds out of sync

January 1, 2018

Woody Lane

The last time you bought a bag of lawn seed, did you examine the small print that lists the forage species and cultivars? Or when you purchased perennial seed to renovate a pasture, did you carefully note the species listed for each commercial seed mix?

Household expenses vs. farm expenses: Which usually wins?

November 29, 2017

Cassidy Woolsey

Finances in a farm family are a revolving battle between using the money to replace the rickety old washing machine you’ve had since the ’90s or replace what’s soon to become a one-wire fence.

Approaches to interseeding cover crops

November 29, 2017

Nate Dorsey

As forage growers continue to search for animal feed alternatives that are affordable and healthy, many are turning to grazing livestock on cover crops.

Power loss costs thousands

October 30, 2017

Justin Keller

In the near future, the infrastructure of the power companies will not be able to handle the load. As we all know, it seems we are all at the end of the line when it comes to power.