Progressive Forage

July 1, 2026 Progressive Forage digital magazine

July 1, 2026

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July 2026 new product rollout

June 24, 2026

Check out the latest products from visorPRO, John Deere, New Holland, Case IH and Massey Ferguson.

Forage Market Insights: Markets hold steady as supply signals shift

June 18, 2026

Marian Viney

Markets hold steady with firm demand, and wide quality spreads as uneven moisture keeps the outlook cautious.

Stay alive on the farm: Mastering the 9 mechanical hazards and ROPS safety

Prevent accidents on your farm by understanding the nine core mechanical hazards. When you pair hazard awareness with practical steps, you turn risks into routines that protect your crew, your land and your legacy.

May 6, 2026

Loretta Sorensen

Tractors drive daily farm work, yet they’re linked to 218 U.S. deaths each year, nearly half from overturns.

Easements on the ranch: The fine print that can follow you for generations

Easements can outlast owners, shaping ranch use and value for generations. They allow ongoing ranch activities and prevent industrial projects from creating long-term, hidden burdens.

May 15, 2026

Annalisa Miller

The difference between a fair easement and a long-term problem often comes down to easement terms that get overlooked. Estate planning, financial planning and other long-term strategies often get the most attention in discussions about keeping a ranch intact for the next generation – and for good reasons; those tools are critical to ensuring an operation can transition smoothly.

Forage tests: Which values are pertinent to your goals?

Forage tests reveal the true nutritional value of hay, haylage or silage – numbers you can’t see in the field.

June 15, 2026

Sawyer Fonnesbeck

Forage tests turn laboratory numbers into harvest decisions by showing which quality values match your goals.

Options for making your forage and grazing operation more drought-resilient

Rainfall drives forage yield, and rain‑fed systems demand working with unpredictable timing and long dry spells. Aligning forage species with soil hydrology boosts dry matter and builds drought resilience across the season.

June 23, 2026

Dirk Philipp

Take a closer look at the tools that, combined with thorough preparation, can help reduce the impacts of drought.

Managing midseason NPK fertilizer needs for better pasture performance

Midseason pasture growth slows as grazing pressure, nutrient loss and rising heat exceed soil supply. A focused N‑P‑K plan keeps forage performance moving beyond the spring flush.

June 22, 2026

Karl Wyant

Spring abundance fades fast when heat, grazing pressure and nutrient demands collide.

Porosity: The true measure of silage density

Oxygen exposure during filling or feedout can convert highly digestible nutrients into waste products, costing both dry matter and cow performance.

June 11, 2026

Keith A. Bryan

You invest in every ton of forage; oxygen turns that investment into shrink by converting valuable nutrients into waste.

Relatively speaking, is it RFV or RFQ?

RFV and RFQ were created to help compare forage quality, but decades after RFQ’s introduction, many producers still default to what they know. The two indexes use different equations and assumptions, which is why their numbers don’t always tell the same story.

June 16, 2026

Ralph Pearce

RFQ was designed to fix RFV’s blind spots – so why are producers still split on which number to trust?

Klondike Farms: Built with grit, guided by stewardship, growing for the next generation

Klondike Farms layers GPS yield mapping, grid sampling, strip‑till and variable‑rate fertilizing to understand field variability and place nutrients exactly where they’re needed.

June 17, 2026

Marian Viney

Precision tools and long‑view management help Klondike Farms turn complex field variability into confident, data‑driven decisions.

Maximizing tons per acre when you can't add acres

With dairy herds expanding and heifer numbers tightening, forage growers must push more yield from fixed acres.

May 5, 2026

Marian Viney

When herds increase in size faster than acreage, overlooked nutrient gaps can quietly cap forage tonnage.

Teff grass: Where it fits and where it doesn’t

June 8, 2026

Heather Smith Thomas

An ancient Ethiopian grass turned modern forage, teff delivers high yields and strong water‑use efficiency, making it a practical warm‑season option for Western producers.

Stockpiling native warm-season grasses for the fall forage gap

The transition zone’s fall forage gap emerges when cool‑ and warm‑season grasses slow, tightening feed supply. Strategic use of stockpiled forages, winter annuals and, where appropriate, native warm-season grasses can help extend grazing days and minimize hay use.

June 19, 2026

Jonathan Kubesch, Kyla Neal, and Flint W. Harrelson

A region that can grow almost everything still comes up short when it matters most – fall.

Irons in the Fire: Bobby and the Declaration of Independence

June 29, 2026

Paul Marchant

Bobby's story becomes a reminder that the document’s power isn’t in perfection but in its claim that equality and goodness are worth pursuing, even when the world feels unsteady.

Equipment Hub: What’s the condition of your mower-conditioner?

Well‑maintained hay equipment pays for itself, preserving forage quality and reducing the need for added protein and energy supplements in the ration.

June 18, 2026

Andy Overbay

In hay season, equipment downtime isn’t just inconvenient – it’s the fastest way to lose forage quality and profit.