Editor's note: On a recent trip to the Southern Forage and Pasture Crop Improvement Conference (SPFCIC), Progressive Forage Grower Editor Lynn Olsen had the opportunity to learn more about the dairy, beef and forage industries in Puerto Rico. Click here to read Darren Olsen's article to learn more about Puerto Rico's dairy industry. As you might imagine, there are some challenges with milk production on an island in a hot, humid tropical environment, but there are also some challenges for the dairy industry as a whole in getting the population to consume milk and milk products.

In the last FG Poll, we asked how many more years readers would be growing forage or involved with the forage industry.

This photo at the right was taken as part of an article to be featured in the July 1, 2012 print issue of Progressive Forage Grower magazine.

In the most recent FG Poll, we asked when producers would or did take their first cutting of hay this season.

Of the people responding to our latest FG Poll, 36.2 percent said that they do not belong to any forage group or association.

33 percent of people responding to the most recent FG Poll said that they have noticed or were concerned about winter damage to their forage fields this year, while 67 percent were not.