See "Peak milk, intake and body weight: How curvy is your cow? Part One" to learn more about your cow's curves. As your dairy herd moves through the lactation, body weight and feed intake curves discussed in Part One, Dr. Mike Hutjens, extension dairy specialist with the University of Illinois, offers these feeding guidelines.

One key frustration Internet users have is researching topics on the web – then remembering the places found that were helpful, to revisit them. If you type a key word, like “drought,” into a search engine, thousands of web pages containing drought content will pop up.

Within agriculture, the forage industry is unique – we have organizations with pasture and grazing emphasis, associations that focus on hay production and marketing, and groups collaborating with seed companies.

Misconceptions about the custom harvesting industry
According to a 2013 Custom Harvesters Analysis & Management Program survey, custom harvesters have been in business for an average of 37.6 years.

I’ve always admired the coffee-table books with gorgeous photography and interesting insights. Although such books have frequently caught my eye over the years, my interest was short-lived when I realized I would have to look at that book every day for the next 10 years. I just didn’t think the subject matter would be interesting for that long, so I never acquired one – until now. I’ve finally found the book.