On 850 acres in Lublin, Wisconsin, Doug Syryczuk milks 300 Holstein cows and raises alfalfa (300 acres) and brown midrib (BMR) corn silage. He says, “Granted, there is a little tonnage difference in the BMR from conventional hybrids, but digestibility on the BMR is, I think, one of the big differences in keeping our production where it’s at.”

If you’ve Googled “productivity” lately, you’ll find articles on 10 habits you should break to be more productive, 11 ways to make this your most productive year, the physics of productivity, maximizing focus to master priorities, eight things you should do before 8 a.m.

When God made man,He seemed to think it bestTo make him in the East,And let him travel west.– Anonymous

Brett Stuart, an economist with Global Agritrends, encouraged ranchers to look at current beef prices from a global perspective.

In the Nebraska Sandhills, Dave and Loretta Hamilton run cattle on 18,000 acres, which is covered in sand bluestem, indiangrass, switchgrass, prairie sand reed, sand lovegrass and little bluestem – all native grasses.

Rock River Laboratory Inc. has released a breakdown report of lab results for mycotoxins in the 2016 harvest (Table 1), and it isn’t pretty. The breakdown includes percentages of mycotoxin breakdowns including aflatoxin, fumonisin, ochratoxin, vomitoxin, zearalenone, mold and yeast.