Corn producers that delayed planting their crop this past spring due to the cool, wet weather are in a race with a killing frost to see who wins first. Will corn finish first by a nose and reach physiological maturity, or will killing frost win and cut the crop development short of reaching maturity?

With record-setting early spring weather, parts of southern Michigan are seeing alfalfa fields with above-average growth. Some of these fields may have been slated to be planted to corn and along with the early growth, the question is whether producers should consider taking the first cutting off these fields before planting to corn?

The height and frequency that you harvest grass can affect yield, quality and the longevity of your grass hayfields and pastures.