We have heard numerous times that one of the most important influences on dairy farm profitability is forage quality. Stated another way, the higher-quality the forage, the greater the chances for a profitable dairy business.

Studies on marketing psychology indicate that although people may think they make decisions based only on information and logic, they commonly make them based on emotion.

As we approach the spring and summer, producers tend to prepare for the hay production and grazing season of summer forage crops such as bermudagrass and bahiagrass. Due to the growing conditions in Mississippi, with average rainfall ranging from 50 to 60 inches annually, we do not pay much attention to water use by perennial summer forage crops.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. This is the phrase that kept coming to my mind as I looked at range condition on a ranch recently, except the tool wasn’t a hammer; it was a hoof.