MARCH

• Intermediate Wheat Grass Forage Production Potential
  
• Integrating Livestock in Annual Cropping Systems
  
• Using TDN for Grazing Management
  
• Italian Ryegrass Management in High-Production Dairy Systems
  
• Utilizing Cover Crops for Forage: Overwintering Annuals
  
• Double Check & Use Equipment Turn Signals for Safe Travel
  
• Spring Alfalfa Assessment: What Can Your Plants Tell You?
  
• Does Source of Sulfur Fertilizer Matter for Alfalfa?
  
• The Hidden Half: How Roots Contribute to Alfalfa Productivity
  
• Manage Alfalfa Diseases with Advanced Genetics
  
• Cocktail Forage Mix Yield & Quality - On-Farm Field Study
  
• Preventing Grass Tetany
  
• Selecting Top-Performing Corn Silage Hybrids
  
• Buyer Beware When Buying Roughage
  
• Riverview: Continuing to Grow & Diversify
  
 

DECEMBER

• Feeding Residues & Byproducts in Winter Beef Cattle Diets
  
• Maintenance: Spend Time Now for a Better Start Next Spring
  
• Alfalfa Yield Impacts of Low-Disturbance Manure Application
  
• Fundamentals of Profitable Forage Production
  
• Forage Alternatives for Horses
  
• Grazing Cover Crops
  
• Management & Alternative Forages Following a Drought
  
• Understanding Alfalfa Forage Quality Terminology
  
• Of Microbes & Manure: Investigating Soil Community Assembly in Response
  to Manure Amendment
  
• Closing the Alfalfa Yield Gap
  
• Developing Real-Time Forage Quality & Quantity Predictions
  
• Intercropping with Different Row Spacings Affects Intercepted Solar Radiation
  
• Measuring Alfalfa's Impact on Carbon Sequestration & Soil Health
  
• Feeding Drought-Stressed Corn & Limited Forage Inventories
  
• Cover Crops, Conservation Practices Paying Dividends for Dairy-Licious Farms
  
 

AUGUST

• Pasture Drought Management
  
• Handling Drought-Affected Corn Silage
  
• Improving Nitrogen Management for Second-Year Corn Following Alfalfa
  
• Spring Grazing on Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass & Clover for Grain & Forage
  
• Grazing Management Practices to Enhance Soil Health in Northern Great Plains
  
• SDSU Forage Research Snapshot
  
• Importance of In-Season Fertility Management
  
• Stems of Steel: Combating Lodging with Forensic Engineering
  
• Single Fall Harvest Management of Sorghum-Sudangrass
  
• Making Forage Crop Management Choices in a Difficult Season
  
• Health Concerns from Grain Dusts: Assistive Technology Tool
  
• Managing New Pasture Plantings
  
• Can I Feed Cows with Drought-Affected Crops?
  
• Importance of Including Alfalfa in Dairy Cow Diets
  
• Clover Hill Dairy: A Generational Enterprise
  
 

MAY

• Alfalfa Yield and Persistence Program Update
  
• Ruminal Net Wrap in Cows Fed Ground Hay
  
• Assessing Alfalfa Resilience to Drought
  
• Winter Cereal Forages
  
• Forage Production & Quality, Livestock Performance, & Cost Comparison
  for Winter Cereal Forages
  
• Fitting Teff into the Horse Diet
  
• A Lifetime of Grass Breeding: Successes, Failures & Surprises
  
• Alfalfa Research: Still Growing Strong After 65 Years
  
• Harvest Timing for Alfalfa/Grass Mixes
  
• No Horsing Around! Foxtails Don't Belong in Pastures or Hay
  
• Grazing Sorghums to Optimize Production
  
• Widespread Drought Expected to Impact Forage Production
  
• Mowing Speed: How Fast Is Too Fast?
  
• Grazing Considerations for Breeding Season
  
• Minnesota Dairy Farmer Eyeing Transition
  
 

MARCH

• Perennial Grasses Yield & Nutritive Value in the Seeding Year
  
• Winter Forage Trial at Southeast Research Farm
  
• Fermentation Trends in Round-Bale Silages
  
• Horse Gut Microbiome Responds in a Highly Individualized Manner to Forage Lignification
  
• Nitrogen Fertility Effects on Italian Ryegrass Yield & Quality
  
• Stretch Thin Hay Supplies Using Poor-Quality Roughage
  
• Born Into Royalty - How Midwest Cropping Rotations Can Benefit from the Queen of Forages
  
• Evaluation of Warm-Season Annuals for Grazing in Wisconsin
  
• Consider Ryegrasses for Pasture Mixtures
  
• Reduce Dairy Ration Costs - Feed More High-Quality Alfalfa
  
• Real-Time Live Phenotyping - A Path to Next Generation Breeding & Farming
  
• The Effect of Environment on Corn Silage NDFD
  
• Field Area Impacted by Alfalfa Harvest Wheel Traffic
  
• Perennial Cool-Season Grasses for Hay in the Midwest
  
• Strong Family Support Key to Goplin's Success
  
 

DECEMBER

• Minimize Costs of Feeding Hay this Winter
  
• Strategies for Grazing Beef Cattle on Corn Stalks
  
• Fall Dormancy Classification of Alfalfa Explained
  
• Potassium Alfalfa Fertilization in Seeding Year Did Not Affect Stand Persistence
  
• Potential for Winter Annual Grasses in a Semi-Arid Climate
  
• Hay Intake of Blanketed & Non-Blanketed Horses
  
• Alfalfa Leaves Hold Potential as Plant-Based Protein Source
  
• Choosing a Pasture Species or Mix for Spring Planting
  
• Evaluating Your Alfalfa Today for Next Year's Crop
  
• Integrated Approach for Managing Clover Root Curculio
  
• Calculating & Comparing Forage Production Costs
  
• To B-Wrap or Not to B-Wrap: That is the Question!
  
• Should You Upgrade to a 3x4' Large Square Baler?
  
• Low-Disturbance Manure Incorporation Benefits
  
• Schueler Farms Finds Niche in Organic Hay Production
  
 

AUGUST

• End of Year Alfalfa Management
  
• Nutritive Quality of Straw & Feeding Recommendations
  
• Use of Inoculants in Corn Silage
  
• Closing the Alfalfa Yield Gap & Increasing Resilience to Climate Change
  
• Fate of Potassium Fertilizer in Alfalfa in Soils with High Smectite/Illite Ratio
  
• SDSU Studies Net Wrap Accumulation in Cows
  
• Alfalfa & Red Clover Summer Seeding
  
• Brassicas & Chicory for Pastures
  
• The Pernicious Potato Leafhopper -To Resist, Or Not To Resist?
  
• Cover Crops Enhance Corn Stalk Grazing Quality for Beef Cows
  
• One Year of Alfalfa & Red Clover Can Supply N for a Corn Crop
  
• Managing Forage Quality by Cutting Height
  
• Use In-Season Guidelines to Predict Corn Silage Harvest Date
  
• Strategies to Enhance Energy Content in Alfalfa Foliage
  
• Fietzer Dairy Farm: Innovation is Key to Maximizing Efficiency
  
 

MAY

• Alfalfa Yield & Persistence Project Update
  
• Forage Projects
  
• Pasture Systems Research for Organic Dairies
  
• Fertilization of Full-Season Forage Brassicas for Grazing
  
• Comparison of Four Beef-Forage Systems for March-Calving Cows Effect on Costs
  & Net Return in Minnesota
• Engineering Alfalfa Plants to Hyper-Accumulate & Recycle Phosphate
  
• Developing a Soil Bioassay for Alfalfa Autotoxicity
  
• For Alfalfa Success, Go Back to the Basics
  
• Forage Grazing Quality: Balancing Nutritive Value & Quantity
  
• Yield, Quality, & Production Costs of a Cocktail Forage Mix & Italian Ryegrass
  
• Staying Safe in the Cab During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• Recommendations for Interseeding Alfalfa into Silage Corn
  
• Grazing Horses on Grass-Legume Pastures
  
• Scheevels - Farming Forages in Southeast Minnesota
  
 

MARCH

• From IoT to UAV, UW Biological Systems Engineers Focus Work on
  Advancing Forage Technology
  
• Investigating Cover Crop Use in Equine Grazing Systems
  
• Potassium Fertilization Does Not Increase Alfalfa Forage Yield in Seeding Year
  
• Interactions of Silage Variety and Inclusion Level on Beef Growth Performance
  
• Digestible Energy of Various Corn Plant Parts
  
• Effects of Forage Characteristics on Beef Cow Grazing Efficiency
  
• Building on the USDFRC Legacy
  
• The Flexibility of Alfalfa
  
• Spring Pasture Management: Weeds & Fertility
  
• Alfalfa: The Unsung Hero of Sustainable Crop Rotations
  
• Fermentation of Frozen & Thawed Corn Silage
  
• Utilizing Drones to Predict Alfalfa Yield
  
• Alfalfa Productivity & Nutrient Uptake Are Related to Interaction with Soil Microbiome
  
• Spring Glyphosate Recommendation for Established Alfalfa: Prevent Plant Damage
  by Bacterial Stem Blight
  
• The Behnke Farm - A Family Affair
  
 

DECEMBER

• All Forages Are Not Created Equally (For Ensiling)
  
• Reduce Forage Waste in Beef Cow Wintering Programs
  
• Evaluating Methods of Interseeding Legumes into Established Grass Pastures
  
• Whole System Approach to Crop & Livestock Integration in Northern Great Plains
  
• Tillage & Cover Crop Management on Soil Compaction in Continuous Corn Silage
  
• 7 Ways to Efficiently Utilize Horse Hay during Winter Months
  
• Feed Inventory & Feed Utilization Planning: Important Precursor to Your Forage Growing Plan
  
• Managing Limited Forage Inventory & Low Starch Corn Silage
  
• How Do New Alfalfa Varieties Respond to K Fertilization?
  
• Techniques to Salvage High-Nitrate Forages
  
• New Data on Wheel Traffic Effect on Alfalfa Yield
  
• Hydroseeding Kura Clover Compared to Conventional Drilling
  
• Fifth-Generation Minnesota Farm Continues to Evolve
  
 

AUGUST

• Manage for Winterkill
  
• Testing New Manure Sensing Technology
  
• Animal Performance Benefits of Silage Inoculants
  
• Evaluation of Row Spacing on Sorghum Dry-Down, Harvest Timing & Effects
  on Feeding Sorghum Forage to Dairy Heifers
  
• Evaluation of Forage Production Potential of Intermediate Wheatgrass
  
• Hybrid Rye Variety Trial
  
• Benefits of Alfalfa for Animals
  
• Utilization of Fall-Grazed Cover Crops Following Weaning
  
• Regional Characterization of Alfalfa & Manure Legacy Impacts on Soil Quality
  in Crop Rotations
  
• Stockpiling Forages
  
• Determining Corn Silage Prices
  
• Corn Grain & Forage Yield of Alfalfa-Corn Cropping Systems
  
• 140 Years & Going Strong
  
 

MAY

• Alfalfa Yields & Persistence Project Update
  
• Kura Clover Living Mulch-Corn Systems Provide Forage & Environmental Benefits
  
• Impacts of Advancing Season on Forage & Digestibility in Grazing Livestock
  
• GPS Date Rollover: Updating Ag Electronics is Even More Important in 2019!
  
• First-Half Heifer Nutrition: Calving to Breeding
  
• Combating Crown Rot with Antimicrobial Peptides
  
• Dairy Heifers Grazing Meadow Fescue or Orchardgrass
  
• Plant Health Paves Path to Success for Alfalfa
  
• Rotational Stocking & Grazing Cycles
  
• Rain Damage on Wilting Forages
  
• Impacts of Horses Grazing Alfalfa & Clovers in Pastures
  
• Fertilizing Alfalfa Following First Cutting
  
• Durovec Dairy: A Lesson in Managed Grazing Benefits
  
 

MARCH

• CTF in Midwest Forage Operations
  
• Identifying New Seed Treatments for Alfalfa
  
• Full-Season Cover Crops Mixtures
  
• New Races of Aphanomyces euteiches
  
• Assessing Forage Quality of Modern Alfalfa Varieties
  
• Make Silage Safety Priority #1
  
• What's Happening with National Corn Silage Yield Trends
  
• To Coat or Not to Coat: That is the Question
  
• Whether or Not to Inoculate Forages
  
• Fiber, Energy & Intake Relationships for Pregnant Dairy Heifers
  
• Optimizing Alfalfa Cutting Management
  
• Planning a Spring Grazing System
  
• Spring Grazing Challenges
  
• Faith, Family Central to Success of Soaring Eagle Dairy
  
 

DECEMBER

• A Path Toward Sustainable Management of Nitrogen in U.S. Dairy Production Systems
  
• Evaluating Forage Protein Before & After Calving Season
  
• Corn Silage Mycotoxin Management
  
• The Impact of Tedding on Alfalfa Quality
  
• Don't Let Hay Storage Losses Rob You This Winter
  
• Silage Too Wet or Dry; What Can We Do
  
• Feedbunk Overstocking Effects on Growth Performance
  
• Grazing Crabgrass
  
• New Alfalfa Trial for Northeast South Dakota
  
• Profitable Conservation: Corn Production in Kura Clover Living Mulch
  
• Students Training & Preparing to Enter the Work Force Through Applied Research
  
• Amino Acid Profiles in Cool-Season Grass, Alfalfa & Teff & How it Could Affect Horse Health
  
• Family at the Core of Balzer Dairy
  
 

AUGUST

• Dairy Slurry Fertigation Tradeoffs
  
• Grazing & Soil Moisture: Prepare for Potential Drought
  
• Corn Silage Harvest Management
  
• When is Late-Season Grazing Too Late?
  
• SilageSnap Smart Phone App Update
  
• Cold-Tolerant Forage Sorghum as a Potential Bioenergy Feedstock
  
• Cover Cropping Advances Manure Nitrogen Management for Corn
  
• Forage Yield & Nutritive Value of Perennial Grain Kernza Grown in Monoculture & Intercropped with Red Clover
  
• Evaluation of Cover Crop Mixes for Forage Supply
  
• August is Here: Time to Think About Summer-Fall Planting of Alfalfa & Other Forages
  
• Forage Fertilization Management in a Wet Year
  
• Feedbunk Sorting Characteristics by Dairy Heifers Offered Total Mized Rations Diluted with Low-Energy Forages
  
• Managing Harvest Equipment to Minimize Leaf & Yield Loss
  
• Will Spring Corn Planting Delays Influence Fall Fieldwork?
  
• Farming a Family Affair for the Tauchens
  
 

MAY

• Silage Snap: Image Processing-based Kernel Processing Score Determination
  App Closer to Release
  
• Alfalfa is Profitable & Controls a Super Weed!
  
• Winter Rye Varieties for Forage Production
  
• Alfalfa Variety Trial - 2017 Season
  
• What Have We Learned from Grazing Alternative Forage Species in Horse Pastures?
  
• Soil Testing Helps Forecast N Response in First-Year Corn After Alfalfa
  
• Improving Round Bale Collection Productivity
  
• Cutting Management Strategies of First Cut Alfalfa
  
• How do you Enhance Quality with your Forage?
  
• Triticale for Dairy Forage Systems
  
• Smooth Transition to Spring Pastures
  
• Effects of Delayed Wrapping of Baled Silage
  
• Enchantress of the Paddock: A Cautionary Tale of Love, Lust & Too Much of a Good Thing
  
• Millers Balance Forage Needs with Conservation Goals
  
 

MARCH

• Getting the Most Quality Out of Your Pastures
  
• How Much Less Should I Pay Someone for High-Chop Silage?
  
• Forage Legumes Containing Tannin - Opportunities & Challenges to Adoption
  
• Soil Fertility Management for Newly Established Alfalfa
  
• Sustainable Protein for Aquaculture from Alfalfa
  
• Top Harvest Tips for Better Forages
  
• Alternative Forage Options for Dairy Heifers
  
• Survival & Forage Production of Red Clover in Poorly Drained Permanent Sod on Saline Soil in Eastern South Dakota
  
• Stockpiled Grass & Crop-Residue Grazing Reduce Cow Wintering Cost
  
• New Perennial Ryegrass for Hay & Pasture Mixtures
  
• Preventing Stinky, Slimy Haylage & Avoid Clostridia Haylage
  
• Nutrition Strategies for Beef Cows Following Calving
  
• On-Farm NIRS Systems
  
• Ruedinger Farms Benefits from Getting Involved
  
 

DECEMBER

• What Species Work Best for Frost Seeding?
  
• Forage Inventory Evaluation & Planning
  
• Baleage & Organic Acid Application
  
• Yield & Forage Nutritive Value of Reduced Lignin Alfalfa
  
• Alfalfa Lignin Modification Does not Affect Disease Resistance
  
• Do You Really Know the Quality of Your Alfalfa?
  
• Grazing Horses on Annual Warm-Season Grasses
  
• Interseeding Alfalfa with Corn Silage
  
• On-Farm Moisture Testing & Monitoring
  
• Site-Specific Nitrogen Management for Second-Year Corn Following Alfalfa
  
• Alfalfa-Corn Intercropping May Increase Forage & Improve Soil Health
  
• New FarmLab Project to Inform Policy & Farming Practices
  
• Developing Beef Replacement Heifers on Roughage Diets
  
• Hay Rake Impacts on Ash Content in Alfalfa Hay
  
• Brookside Dairy Operation Has Long History
  
 

AUGUST

• The "-lages" of Corn
  
• Managing Drought-Stressed Alfalfa
  
• Forage & Fiber Terminology Review
  
• Late-Summer Alfalfa Seeding Tips
  
• Grazing Weeds & Their Nutritional Value
  
• Lessons Learned in Managing Alfalfa-Grass Mixtures
  
• Reduce Lodging in Alfalfa to Help Control Excess Ash Content of Hay & Haylage
  
• The Most Interesting Dairy Forage Farm by Far
  
• Managing Cow Body Condition on Late-Summer Pasture
  
• Yield & Forage Nutritive Value of Transgenic Reduced Lignin Alfalfa
  
• Beef Cattle Performance Managed in Two Overwintering Environments
  
• Research on Performance of High-Density Balers, Twine Strength Underway
  
• Forage Sorghum, Sainfoin & Teff Grass Evaluation for Forage Production
  
• Managing Volunteer Wheat in Late-Summer Seeded Alfalfa
  
• Is a Custom Harvester Right for You?
  
• Getting Better, Not Bigger is this Dairy Farmer's Goal
  
 

MAY

• Integrating Winter Forage Cover Crops into Central Wisconsin Crop Production Systems
  
• Effects of Cold Temperatures on Feed Intake in Beef Cows
  
• Quality of Hay from Road Right of Ways in North Dakota
  
• Forage Quality Improvement in Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa Monoculture
  & Alfalfa-Grass Binary Mixtures
  
• Potential for Increased Use of Cereal Grain Forages
  
• Spring Pasture Management Pays Off in the Long Run
  
• Why Add GE Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa to Your Seed Order?
  
• Summer Annual Alternatives for Grazing
  
• Preference, Yield & Forage Nutritive Value of Annual Grasses
  
• The Importance of Resistance Management on the Farm
  
• Improving Legumes for Pasture, Cover Crops, Living Mulch & Green Manure
  
• Importance of Potassium in Resistance to Crown Rot Disease in Alfalfa
  
• Getting a Handle on Hay Moisture Prior to Baling
  
• Forage Crop Alternatives After Winterkilled Alfalfa
  
• Century Farm in Central Minnesota Thriving
  
 

MARCH

• Do Seeding Rates Increase Yield & Quality in the Seeding Year?
  
• How Thick Should I Plant My Corn Silage in 2017?
  
• Creep Grazing Calves to Improve Health & Performance
  
• Organic Dairy Pastures
  
• Changes in Starch Digestibility with Storage Time
  
• Converting a Small Grain Crop Into High-Quality Silage
  
• Bacterial Stem Blight: A Diesease That Increases Frost Damage
  
• Comparing Sudangrass & Sorghum-Sudangrass in the Field & in Dairy Cow Diets
  
• Impacts of Bale Grazing on Herbage Production & Forage Quality
  
• Utility of Alfalfa Stemlage for Feeding Dairy Heifers
  
• Annual Alfalfa in Rotations
  
• Alfalfa Variety Trials for South Dakota State University
  
• Spring Hay Machinery Maintenance
  
• Organic Dairy Farm on Cutting Edge of Technology
  
 

DECEMBER

• Marketing Hay at Lower Prices
  
• Making Lemonade from Lemons - Feeding Poor-Quality Roughage
  
• Considerations for Alfalfa Management
  
• Baleage Use in Grazing Systems
  
• Nitrogen Fertilization, Interseeding Alfalfa, Rumen Microbes & Production Efficiency,
  Pastures Producing More Milk
  
• Image Processing Application
  
• Plants Causing Photosensitivity When Dried in Hay
  
• Alfalfa Seed Treatments Key to Long-Term Stand Productivity
  
• Determining Dry Matter Content & Making Adjustments
  
• Why is My Alfalfa Yellow?
  
• Alfalfa in Rotations to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Giant Ragweed
  
• Beef on Rye - A New Twist on a Reuben
  
• Alfalfa Variety Trials for South Dakota State University
  
• Dual Purpose Perennial Forage & Grain Kernza Research Update
  
• Forages are Key at Pleasurewoods Farm
  
 

AUGUST

• Update on TTNDFD: A New Test for Evaluating Forages for High Producing Dairy Cows
  
• Cover Crops as an Option for Hay Production
  
• Managing Cull Cows Following Pregnancy-Check
  
• Was Corn Silage Fiber Digestibility "Down" in 2015?
  
• Soil Testing - Key to Profitable Forage & Grazing Program
  
• Persistence & Diversity of Rhizobial Bacteria Nodulating Alfalfa
  
• Forage Preservation - Retaining Nutrients from Field to Feeder
  
• Preparing for Fall Corn Silage Harvest
  
• Manure on Perennial Forages: Benefits & Challenges, Part 2
  
• Additives Benefit Lactating Dairy Cows When Fed Pourly Ensiled Forages
  
• Soil Tests to Predict Nitrogen Availability in First-Year Corn Following Alfalfa
  
• Strategies for Supplementing Cows Grazing Corn Residue
  
• Yield & Nutritive Value of Photoperiod-Sensitive Sorghum & Sorghum-Sudangrass
  
• Pacesetter Shares a Little About Their Success
  
 

MAY

• Alfalfa Yield & Persistence Program Update
  
• Evaluation of Winter Survival Test
  
• Alfalfa & Clover Response to Horse Grazing
  
• Foliar Application Impacts Yield & Nutrition Composition of Alfalfa Hay
  
• Integrated Crop Rotations for Yearling Steer Grazing
  
• Grazing Management for "Drier than Normal" Forecast
  
• Managing Diet Transitions for Breeding Bulls
  
• Six Ways to Slow Horse Feed Intake
  
• Preseason Hay Equipment Maintenance
  
• Tips for Successful Bale Wrapping & Quality Baelage
  
• Producing Profitable Alfalfa Requires Farmers to Make a Few Critical Choices
  
• Managing Reduced Lignin Alfalfa
  
• Foliar Fungicide Effects on Corn
  
• Exploring New Technologies for Alfalfa Quality Predictions
  
• Manure on Perennial Forages: Benefits & Challenges
  
• Familys Farming Tradition Growing the Next Generation
  
 

MARCH

• Has Your Alfalfa Stand Been Winter-Killed or Winter Injured
  
• Mineral Nutrition for the Cow Herd - Calving through Breeding
  
• Increasing Forage & Pasture Production for Changing Climates
  
• Forage Harvest Process Logistics Assessment
  
• Dual Use of Intermediate Wheatgrass for Grain and Forage
  
• Impact of Grazing Intensity & Advancing Season on Forage Intake and Digestion of
  Beef Steers Grazing Mixed Grass Prairie
  
• Nutritional Quality of Silage Produced from a Mixed Cropping System
  
• Sorgum Growth Evaluation
  
• Bring Your "A" Game to Alfalfa Management
  
• The Soil Ramifications of Continuous Corn Silage
  
• Developing New Crops to Enhance Soil & Water Resources
  
• Agronomic Interactions: The Foundation of Forage Production
  
• Grasses Grow with Alfalfa in Mixes
  
• Managing Corn Silage Input Costs
  
• Forage is Key for this Top Dairy Farmer
  
 

DECEMBER

• Equipment Highlights from Farm Tech Days
  
• What's the Value of Rained-On Hay as Horse Feed?
  
• Improving Predictability of Alfalfa N Credits to Corn
  
• 10 Reasons to Plant Alfalfa-Grass Mixture for Hay
  
• Twelve Perennial Cool-Season Grass Mixtures Under Horse Grazing
  
• Oatlage as a Highly Digestible Forage Source for Livestock
  
• Rye as Cover Crop in Corn Silage Systems to Improve Soil Health & Yields
  
• Influence of Forage Inclusion in Finishing Steers
  
• Keep the Focus on the Basics - Corn Silage
  
• Managing Fermentation with Baled Silage
  
• Late-Season Cover Crop Nutrition
  
• How Much Forage Can We Feed to Dairy Cows?
  
• Management Considerations for Outwintered Cattle
  
• Rusty Bahl - The Little Guy with the Big Equipment
  
 

AUGUST

• Making Milk with Forage: A New Era
  
• Can Mob Grazing Suppress Canada Thistle
  
• Understand Fiber Digestibility in the Entire Ration Context
  
• Corn Silage: Fungal Disease, the Silent Killer
  
• Alfalfa Seeding Year Management
  
• Pasture Management for Late Summer & Fall
  
• Maximizing Corn Silage Performance with Foliar Fungicides
  
• Toplage - A Corn Silage Between High-Cut & Snaplage
  
• Management of Seedling Damping-Off of Alfalfa
  
• Take the Risk Out of High Moisture Hay
  
• Reduced Lignin Alfalfas Appear to Improve Forage NDF Digestibility
  
• Profitability Data for Foliar Fungicide Use in Alfalfa Production
  
• Sidedressing and Soil Testing for Enhanced Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Corn Following Alfalfa on Fine-Textured Soils
  
• Forage Yield, Quality, and Digestibility When Intercropping Vining Soybean with MasterGraze Seed Corn at Different Sedding Rates
  
• NDSU Extension Service Ditch Hay Evaluation Project
  
• The Takala Farm - Dairy Farming in NE Minnesota
  
 

MAY

• Scientist Rooted Out Alfalfas Benefits
  
• Defining Mob Grazing for the Midwest
  
• Soil Contamination, Leaf Loss & Field Efficiencies with Crop Mergers
  
• Controlling Parasites on Pasture
  
• Harvesting Alfalfa Leaves Separately from Stems
  
• Forage Crops & Soil Microbes Promote Soil Health
  
• Be on the Alert for Anthracnose on Alfalfa
  
• BASF Fungicides - Growing Healthy Alfalfa for Increased Yeilds
  
• Assessing Alfalfa Stands
  
• Effect of Small Square-Bale Feeder Design
  
• Best Management Production Input Approach to High Yielding Alfalfa
  
• Growing & Feeding BMR Sorghum
  
• New Bulletin Helps Growers Manage the Rotation from Alfalfa to Corn
  
• Meadow Fesue and White Clover Had the Greatest Additive Effect on Nutritive Value of Grass Legume Pasture Mixtures
  
• Manifest Wheatgrass Seed Now Available
  
• Annual Forages in Single & Dual Crop Systems for Late Season Grazing
  
• Shawano County Producers Hoping for a Good Year
  
 

MARCH

• Assessing Kernel Processing Score Using Image Analysis
  
• Spring Pasture Management 2015: Ready? Set? Graze!
  
• Forage Ability to Meet Nutrient Requirements of Cows
  
• Manure Effects on Pasture Legume Persistence
  
• Sustainable Green Biorefineries
  
• Protecting Your Feed Investment During Hot, Humid Weather
  
• Is 150 RFV Good Enough Today?
  
• 5 Tips for Managing Your Alfalfa Crop in Challenging Times
  
• New Reduced Lignin Alfalfa Varieties - A Potential Forage Quality Breakthrough
  
• How Thick Do I Plant My Corn Silage?
  
• Evaluation of Sulfur for Alfalfa/Grass Hay
  
• Low-Disturbance Manure Application Reduces Runoff, Maintains Residue Cover
  
• What is the Best Method to Estimate Forage Yield in Older Alfalfa Stands? Plants vs. Stems
  
• Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation
  
• Simple Philosophy Serves Ruh Farms Well
  
 

DECEMBER

• Give Grazing Animals Some "Credit" in Farm Pasture Nutrient Management Plan
  
• Field Efficiency Considerations When Selecting Equipment
  
• Managing Hay Waste in Beef Cattle Wintering Systems
  
• New Tools for Combating Seedling Diseases of Alfalfa
  
• Researching Ways to Improve Nitrogen-Use Efficiency on Dairies Through the Use of Condensed Tannin-Containing Forages
  
• Select Alfalfa Products for Your Needs & Remembering the Basics
  
• Applications of uNDF in Ration Modeling & Formation
  
• Making the Best of Silage from Immature Corn
  
• Use of Annual Forage Crops as Baleage
  
• Do Not Feed Moldy Hay to Horses
  
• Targeted Grazing to Mange Kentucky Bluegrass in Native Rangelands
  
• Corn Stalks Can Be Great Forage for Beef and Dairy Cattle
  
• The Effect of Small-Square Feeder Design on Hay Waste, Herd Weight Change, and
  Economics During Outdoor Feeding of Adult Horses
  
• Fungicide Use on Alfalfa: What Four Years of Research Has Taught Us
  
• Information and Technology - Key to Schefers Dairy
  
 

AUGUST

• The Consequences of Mistiming Corn Silage Harvest
  
• Check Alfalfa Hay for Fiber Digestibility
  
• Preconditioning Weaned Calves on Cover Crops
  
• Science from the Field to Your Shopping Cart
  
• Hidden Valley Meadow Fescue Grass Released to Public
  
• Alfalfa Breeders Start Collaborative Progrm to Bring Germplasm out of the Repository;
  Others Invited to Join the Effort
  
• Managed Grazing Provides Positive Effects on Soil Quality and Structure
  
• Weed-Free Alfalfa Positively Impacts Herd Average
  
• Pricing & Using Alternative Forages for Your Farm
  
• Precision Agriculture Technology for Forages
  
• Forage Fertility Management: Second Half
  
• Update of Seed Corn Hybrids for Producing Highly Digestible Corn Silage
  
• Nitrogen Requirements of Corn Following Young Alfalfa Stands
  
• Research Underway to Develop 2,4-D Resistant Red Clover
  
• Biomass Round Bales Aggregaton Logisitcs
  
• Family & Forage Drive Redtail Ridge Dairy
  
 

MAY

• Improving Round Bale Collection Productivity by Bale Accumulation
  
• Satellite Images Reveal Patterns in Crop Rotations with Alfalfa
  
• Grazing Management for Fall Grown Oat Forages
  
• Sulfur Emerges as a Nutritional Issue in Iowa Alfalfa Production
  
• Wrap It Up
  
• Using MUN to Reduce Nitrogen Emissions from Dairy Farms
  
• Eager to get Grass: Be Careful with Your Heifers
  
• Improve Your Alfalfa Yields with Headline Fungicide
  
• Estimating Forage Quality of 1st-Cut Alfalfa/Grass Mixtures: A NY-Farm-Based Tool
  
• Recommended Species for Horse Pastures
  
• Do Higher Alfalfa Seeding Rates Increase Forage Yield and Quality in the Seeding Year?
  
• Emergency No-Till Forages
  
• Grass-Legume Proportion in Forage Seed Mixtures and Effects on Forage Yields
  and Weed Invasion
  
• Feed Quality is Key for This Iowa Haymaker
  
 

MARCH

• What to Do if There is a Forage Shortage This Spring
  
• Research Seeks to Improve the Establishment and Subsequent Tield of Alfalfa Interseeded into Silage Corn
  
• Forage Equipment Performance in High Yielding Switchgrass
  
• Using Summer Annuals as Forages for Livestock Systems
  
• Ward Off Early Alfalfa Seedling Diseases with Fungicide Treatments
  
• Subsequent Feedlot and Carcass Performance of Stockers Grazed on Differing Cool Season Grass Swards
  
• Controlling Herbicide Resistant Weeds: Consider Adding Alfalfa in a Corn Soybean Rotation
  
• Alfalfa in Rotation Strategies to Manage Herbicide Resistant Giant Ragweed
  
• To Reduce Chance of Clostridial Silage, Apply Manure to Alfalfa Stubble
  
• New Alfalfa Pathogens Identified
  
• Influence of Forage Source on Growth Performance and Feeding Behavior
  
• Cover Hay Piles Properly
  
• Sod Seeding Annuals into Perennial Pastures to Improve Carrying Capacity
  
• Should Brown Midrib Corn Silage be Managed Differenetly
  
• A Third Generation Farmer Focuses on High Quality Hay
  
 

DECEMBER

• Alfalfa N Credits to Second Year Corn Larger Than Expected
  
• Comparing Mob Grazing vs. Herbicide as a Sod Suppression Technique on Cover Crops
  
• Estimating Dry Matter Intake of Dairy Heifers
  
• Equine Forage Research Updates
  
• What Bugged Alfalfa Hay in 2013
  
• Fall Silage Harvest of Experimental Forage Blends
  
• Maximize Forage Use in Horse Pastures with Mixtures
  
• Nitrogen & Soil Acidification: Observations from the Northern Grreat Plains Research Lab
  
• 2013 Evaluation of Headline Fungicide Use on Alfalfa
  
• Final Report on Pasture-Grazed Dairy Products
  
• New Breathable Film Wrap for Round Bales Improves Beef Cattle Hay Consumption
  
• Keeping Pace with Forage Fiber Testing Options?
  
• Farming a Family Tradition for May-Do Farms
  
 

AUGUST

• Advances in Yield Mapping Hay & Forage
  
• New Findings, New Tools Aid Scientists in Their Search for Improved Silage Inoculants
  
• Protecting the Alfalfa Crown Jewels
  
• Weaning Calves onto Forage
  
• Late Summer Alfalfa Seeding an Option for Producers
  
• Silage Inoculants: Its All About Microbiology
  
• How Much do Corn Silage Hybrids Vary Across Fields and Farms
  
• Prairie Cordgrass and Switchgrass for Biomass Production
  
• Effects of Various Cover Crops on Grain Yeilds, Weed Pressure, and Nitrogen Cycling in a Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Rotation to be Studied
  
• Perennial Herbaceous Biomass Crops
  
• Reducing Toxic Plant Issues in Pastures
  
• Extend Feed Inventories with Alkali Treated Corn Stover
  
• Steaming of Horse Hay
  
• Early Intensive Grazing to Control Kentucky Bluegrass
  
• Founding Member of NEFGC, an MFA Local Council
  
 

MAY

• Soybeans as Forage for Dairy Cattle
  
• Perennial Living Mulches - Protecting Soil & Water with a Vegetative Carpet
  
• Grazing Management Effects on Pasture Productivity - Extent & Timing of Grazing
  
• Seven Unique Factors of First Cut Alfalfa
  
• Smooth Transitions
  
• Choosing the Right Inoculant
  
• Making the Most of Your 2013 Alfalfa Crop
  
• Calibrating a Grain Drill or Seeder Can Save Both Seed & Money
  
• New Road Map Focuses on Dairy Forage Research Challenges and Collaborations
  
• Animal Performance While Grazing Tall or Meadow Fescue with or Without White Clover
  
• Improved Predictability of Fertilizer N Need for Corn Following Alfalfa
  
• Ultra High Stocking Density or Mob Grazing
  
• Water Use Efficiency for Switchgrass, Western Wheatgrass, and a Western Wheatgrass
  Alfalfa Mixture
  
• Custom Forage Harvesting is Franken's Business
  
• Estimating Pasture Dry Matter Intake of Horses
  
 

MARCH

• Spring 2013 Pasture Management Considerations
  
• Nutrient Management for Alfalfa
  
• How Thick Should You Plant Your Corn Silage?
  
• 'Mr Alfalfa' Officially Retires but Still has a Passion for Forage
  
• Harnessing the Power of Plant Health on Alfalfa
  
• Opportunities to Reduce Shrink in Silage Piles
  
• Feeding Dairy Steers on Pasture Grain or No Grain
  
• Foliar Fungicides on Alfalfa 2012 University Extension Field Trial Results from
  Minnesota and Wisconsin
  
• Alfalfa Variety Response to Potassium Fertilization
  
• Testing Alfalfa Varieties for Winter Survival
  
• Forage Brassicas Potential as Supplemental Forage for Grazing
  
• Effects of Propionic Acid Based Preservative on Storage Characteristics
  
• Switchgrass Response to N Fertilizer Acress Diverse Environments
  
• Potential Impacts of Spring Grazing on Pregnancy Rates in Beef Heifers
  
• Forging a Partnership with a Custom Harvester
  
• Lacey Hay Sees Longevity in Hay Industry Pay Off
  
 

DECEMBER

• Feeding Strategies to Cope with Economic Times
  
• Stretching Your Hay Budget
  
• Recent Advances in Legume and Grass Breeding
  
• What's Holding Us Back? Raising the Alfalfa Yield Bar
  
• Get the Root of Your Alfalfas Potential
  
• Drought Effects on Yield, Persistence, Quality and Management of Stands
  
• New Machinery Provides Options for Alternative Feedstuffs
  
• Winter Feeding in Light of Short Supplies and High Costs
  
• Characterization of Certified Organic WI Dairy Farms Management, Feeding Regimes
  and Milk Production
  
• Best Grasses for Horse Pasture
  
• Fescues 'Leaf' Other Grasses Behind
  
• Improved Grassland Assessment Methods for Livestock and Wildlife
  
• Managing for High Quality Forage
  
 

AUGUST

• Harvesting Timing: The Key to High Quality Corn Silage
  
• Got Forage? The Reality of a Drought Situation
  
• Hay & Pasture Renovation with Low-Disturbance Slurry Seeding of Red Clover
  
• Aphanomyces Root Rot: Widespread Distribution of Race 2
  
• Manage Forages to Maintain Cow Body Condition
  
• Safely Making Fermented Feeds
  
• The Effects of Drought in Alfalfa & Increased Demand for Fall Planting
  
• Fall Fertilization of Alfalfa
  
• Sulfer Fertilization Can Double Alfalfa Yeilds
  
• Exploring New Forage Options to Address Emerging Dietary& Environmental Challenges in Dairy Forage Systems
  
• Canada Thistle Management in Pastures
  
• Prolonged Field Exposure After Cut-Alfalfa Receives Rain Reduces Ensilibility
  
• Wheat Straw vs. Grass Hay for Dry Cows; Which Forage Prepares Cows for Greater
  Transition Success
  
• Profitable Grass Alfalfa Feeding for Dairy Cows
  
• Aim for Quality and Consistency
  
 

MAY

• Corn Silage Quality: What's Coming Down the Road?
  
• Grass Tetany Can Be a Concern in the Spring
  
• Planning for Pasture Drought
  
• Increasing the Drying Rate of Alfalfa Hay
  
• High Quality Fescue Silages for Lactating Dairy Cattle
  
• MFRP Distributes a Record $20,849 to Forage Research
  
• The Gingerichs Grow Alfalfa in Central Iowa
  
• Improving Silage Preservation & Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Dairy Cattle
  
• More Hay, Better Hay, Same Acres
  
• Alley-Cropping Bioenergy Crops on Agricultural Floodplains
  
• Tall Fescue Seeding Rates for Mixtures with Alfalfa
  
• Mixtures Suppress Weeds During Establishment Better than Monocultures
  
• Seeding Birdsfoot Trefoil or Red Clover in 3-Species Mixtures with Kura Clover/Grass
  Shows Promise
  
• Alfalfa for Maximum Livestock Nutrition and Forage Yield
  
• Individual and Tube Line Wrapping of Large Square Bales
  
• Pest Protection Essential for Summer Alfalfa Yields
  
 

MARCH

• BMR or Conventional Corn Hybrids for Corn Silage: Profit/Cow or Profit/Acre?
  
• The Effect of Restricted Grazing on Horse Dry Matter Intake
  
• Four Year Study Offers Recommendations for Using Companion Crops with
  No-Till Silage Corn
  
• What is AEF and What Will it Do For You?
  
• Seed Coating Helps Improve Stand Establishment and Can Increase Seed Efficiency
  
• Headline Fungicide on Alfalfa For Disease Management and Plant Health
  
• Grass Feeding Beef Cattle: What You Need to Know
  
• Redesigning Alfalfa for Use in Mixtures with Grasses
  
• A Summary of Beef Grazing Practices in Wisconsin
  
• Alfalfa Grass Mixtures Performance in North Dakota
  
• Forage Potential of Meadow Bromegrass and Meadow X Smooth Bromegrass Hybrides
  
• Co-Ensiling Temperate Grasses Could Preserve Protein Quality
  
• High Quality Forage is Key to this Wisconsin Dairy Farm
  
 

DECEMBER

• Winter Feeding Concepts
  
• Top Producing Dairy Herds In Wisconsin Feed More Forage Than You May Think
  
• New Strategies for Managing Leaf Diseases of Alfalfa
  
• A Closer Look at the Alfalfa Hay Market
  
• Fall TMR Mixer Maintenance
  
• Strategies to Reduce Next Years Forage Loss
  
• Alfalfa Seed Supply Tight; Time to Order Now
  
• Selecting a Round Bale Feeder
  
• A Summary of Dairy Grazing Practices in Wisconsin
  
• Planting Date Effects on the Yield and Nutritive Value of Fall Grown Oat Cultivars
  
• Accounting for Alfalfa N Credits Increases Returns to Corn Production
  
• Flaxseed Enhances Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Grass-Finished Beef
  
• Inoculated Alfalfa Silage Changes Dairy Cow Rumen Bacteria
  
• Achieving Awesome Alfalfa
  
 

AUGUST

• Forage Brassica For Fall Grazing
  
• Alfalfa Diseases 101: Diagnosing Common & Emerging Disease Problems
  
• Extending the Grazing Season with Stockpiling
  
• In the Dairy Forage Arena, Publically Funded Research Can Pay Big Dividends
  
• Fiber Digestion in Horses
  
• Effectiveness of Buffered Propionic-Acid Preservatives for Large Hay Packages
  
• Maturity at Harvest Profoundly Affects Spring Yield & Quality of Winter Rye
  
• Management-Intensive Grazing Boosts Yield and Quality in Wisconsin Study
  
• Quebec Scientists Recommend Cutting Alfalfa Between 4:00 - 6:00 PM
  
• Corn Silage by the Numbers... "Increasing the Net Value of Corn Silage"
  
• Use Automatic Steering to Avoid Mowing the Same Ground Twice
  
• Former City People Who Can Now "Finally Farm"
  
 

MAY

• Grass Feed Beef: Opportunities and Challenges
  
• The sfe Corn Mutant A New Approach to Improve Fiber Digestiblity and Milk Production
  
• Cool Season Annual Forages for Hay in North Dakota
  
• 2010 Seasonal Forage Quality Variation of 12 Cool Season Grass Species Used for Pasture
  
• Fall Grazing Management Affects Burdock in Pastures
  
• Alfalfa Growers Armed with New Disease Control Options
  
• Management Options Vary for Long Awaited Genuity Roundup Ready Alfalfa
  
• Dairy Cattle Diets, Manure Chemistry and Soil Nutrient Cycles: How Do the Relate
  
• Improve Your Farm's Safety Standards
  
• Spring Pasture Management: Horse & Pasture Health Are Key
  
• Adding Alfalfa Benefits Corn-Soybean Rotations
  
• Forage Yield Potential of Annual Cool and Warm Season Crops
  
• Red Clover Kura Clover Grass Mixtures for Good Short and Long Term Legume Content
  
• Winter Swath Grazing Within Rotations Benefits Beef Animals and Crops
  
• Good Forage Means Good Cows
  
 

MARCH

• Grazing Residual & Timing Affect Pasture Profits
  
• Predicting Switchgrass Ethanol Yields
  
• Reducing Forage Chopper Fuel Costs
  
• High-Quality Forages Reduce Feeding Costs
  
• Frost Seeding Forages into Established Pastures
  
• Grazing Management Affects Forage Potential of Native Grasses
  
• Select Alfalfa Varieties by Winter Survival and Fall Dormancy
  
• Wisconsin Alfalfa Yield and Persistence (WAYP) Program
  
• Plastic Wrap Preserved Mature Orchardgrass Round-Baled Hay Up to 34% Moisture
  
• Diverse Pasture Mixtures Increased Profit with Grazing Dairy Cows in Pennsylvania
  
• Fetal Programming: Does Maternal Nutrition During Mid-Gestation Cause Changes to Genes that Might Alter Body Composition on the Calf
  
• Minimizing Losses Wins - Attention to Alfalfa Harvest & Storage Management Helped Gar-Lin Dairy Win the 2010 MN Milk Producers Association "Producer of the Year"
  
 

DECEMBER

• Pasturing Reduces Dairy Replacement Heifer Costs
  
• Maximizing Profit from Cull Cows
  
• Ranking Forages for Dairy Rations
  
• Baleage - The Dry Hay Alternative
  
• Growing Grasses to Add Digestible Fiber to Dairy Rations
  
• Is There a Relationship Between Mold & a Healthy Digestive Tract in Farm Animals
  
• MFRP Research Report: Orchardgrass Hay Equals Alfalfa Hay as Grain Replacement in UMN-St. Paul Dairy Trial
  
• Corn Silage Hybrid Selection
  
• Reaching Crop Potential: Key Factors to Consider in Variety Selection
  
• Equine Winter Care
  
• Alfalfa/Tall Fescue Mixtures Show Promise in St. Paul Trial
  
• Grasses: Comprehensive Variety Development and Testing for ND, SD and MN
  
• Alfalfa's Role in a Grain Crop Operation
  
 

AUGUST

• Use Cover Crops for Hay
  
• Extend the Grazing Season for Weaned Calves with Cover Crops
  
• Harvest & Efficiencies of Livestock Grazing
  
• The Replacement Decision Conundrum
  
• Alfalfa: Has Its Time Come?
  
• Growth Potential and Unique Quality Characteristics of Fall Grown Cereal Grain Forages in Central Wisconsin
  
• Glyphosate Tolerant Alfalfa Seeding Six Pounds Per Acre is Enough
  
• 2010 Explosive So Far for Perennial Ryegrass
  
• Orchardgrass in Dairy Crop Rotation for Improved Manure Management
  
• Corn Silage BMP's Proper Ensiling Improves Quality and Production
  
• Weed Control In Grass Based Horse Pastures
  
• A Family Tradition: The Rach Farm
  
 

MAY

• Forages for Replacement Heifers in the Northern Great Plains
  
• Forage Quality Testing - Accuracy is in Your Hands
  
• Rapid Drying Shortens Harvest Window, Ensures Quality & Limits Rain Damage
  
• On-Farm Evaluation of Grasses & Alfalfa/Grass Mixtures
  
• Dealing with Mycotoxin-Contaminated Forages
  
• Effect of Harevst Moisture, Bale Wrapping & Organic Acid on Quality &
  Temperature in Grass Hay
  
• Perennial Forages Benefit Soils, Other Crops, & Water Quality
  
• Alfalfa Best Practices: Four Easy Steps to Alfalfa Management
  
• Feeding Considerations for Broodmares
  
• Timing is Everything When Harvesting Alfalfa Haylage & Baled Alfalfa
  
• Wisconsin Alfalfa Yield & Persistence Program 2009 Summary Report
  
• Red Clover for Dairy-Quality Silage
  
• Prairie Cordgrass for Biomass on Marginal Land?
  
• Drought Strategies of Invasive Kentucky Bluegrass vs. Native Western Wheatgrass
  
• Biomass Species Yields Vary with Landscape Position
  
• Birdsfoot Believer
  
 

MARCH

• Grass for High Producing Dairy Cows - Is a Little Grass Good?
  
• Joint Machinery Ownership
  
• Practices for Reliably Establishing Warm-Season Grasses
  
• Fall Harvest of Alfalfa: Impact on Plant Density, Yield, and Quality
  
• Topdressed K for Last-Year Alfalfa May Not Pay
  
• Cut Your Forage Production Costs in 2010
  
• Pasture Irrigation is Cost Effective
  
• Split N Fertilizer vs. Dairy Manure on Harvested Perennial Grasses
  
• What Should You Expect When You Open Your Silo in the Next Few Weeks?
  
• Phosphorus Fertilization Doubles Alfalfa Yield on Low-P Soil
  
• Biomass from Little Bluestem on Dry Prairie Soils
  
• Excellent Preservation of Wet Alfalfa 'Hay' Bales with Plastic Wrap
  
• Does Alfalfa-Hay NDFD Matter in a Dairy TMR?
  
• Transitioning Horses to Spring Pasture
  
• Teamwork Pays
  
 

DECEMBER

• Mycoleptodiscus Crown and Root Rot of Alfalfa: An Emerging Problem in
  Minnesota and Wisconsin
  
• Crop Cost and Return Projections for 2010: Alfalfa Continues to Look Profitable!
  
• Large Pasture Turnout Improves Horse Fitness
  
• Swath Grazing: Extend the Grazing Season
  
• Perennial Cool-Season Grasses For Eastern South Dakota
  
• Using Gene Arrays as Tools to Develop Alfalfa as a Biomass Crop
  
• Growing Up Green
  
• Moderate Energy Diets and Forage Options for Dry Cows
  
• Corn Technology Points Alfalfa Yields in the Right Direction
  
• Making Sense of the Forage Fescues
  
• CSP Offers Attractive Incentives for Alfalfa/Forage Producers
  
• Seeding Dates for Improved Establishment of Frost-Seeded Legumes
  
• Native Grass Restoration Management
  
• Smooth Bromegrass Harvest Management on a Feedlot Vegetated Treatment Area
  
• Organic Hay is His Business
  
 

AUGUST

• 10 Reasons to Make Forages First in the Ration
  
• Machinery Cost Publication Update
  
• Alfalfa Profits Beat Corn and Soybeans
  
• Stockpiling Pasture
  
• Identification Of Legumes
  
• Weaning Alternatives for Beef Cattle Operations
  
• Progress Report on Reducing-Lignin Alfalfa: Part II, Animal Digestibility Trials
  
• Dealing with Heating Hat to Maintain Feeding Value
  
• On Farm Evaluation of Alfalfa/Grass Mixtures: Establishment and Initial Performance
  
• Managing Kentucky Bluegrass Invasion in Native Prairies
  
• Cool-Season Grass Pasture Suppression Techniques for Legume Inter-Seeding
  
• Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Quality Under No-till Corn Silage
  
• Changing The Way Silage Density is Measured For More Consistent Porosity
  
• Cows in School
  
 

MAY

• Progress Report on Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa: Part 1 Plant Modifications
  
• Low Starch Diets for Lactating Dairy Cattle
  
• 2008 MFRP Study Brief: Effect of Moisture & Bale Wrapping on Temperature & Forage Quality in Horse-Quality Hay
  
• 2008 MFRP Study Brief: Effect of Foliar Fungicides on Silage Quality and Yield with
  On-Farm Trials
  
• Watch Your Ash
  
• Effect of Height on Forage Quality of Several Cool-Season Grasses
  
• Striking Balance Between Yield & Quality is Key to the Most Profitable Corn Silage
  
• 2008 MFRP Study Brief: Establishment of Winter Feeding Areas
  
• Sugars in Pasture Grasses: Not All Horses Should Graze
  
• Managing the Spring Flush
  
• Traditional Low-Performance Forage Management Does Not Match Modern High-Performance Beef Cattle
  
• Annual Ryegrass Fall Grazing Strategies for Non-Lactating Beef Cows in Northern Minnesota
  
• Nitrogen Fertilization Rates for Meadow Fescue Tall Fescue and Orchardgrass
  
• The Ritter Farm- For Generations to Come
  
 

MARCH

• Dairy Manure Nutrients: Variable, But Valuable
  
• Computer Decision Aids for Estimating Machinery Ownership & Operating Costs
  
• Determining Horses' Nutritional & Forage Needs
  
• How to Reduce Traffic Effects in Alfalfa
  
• Greater NDF Digestibility Improves Dairy Cow Intake and Production
  
• Mixing Roughages with Wet Corn Distillers Grains
  
• Alfalfa Seed Coatings & Treatments: Using Technology to Establish More Healthy
  Plants Per Acre
  
• Weed Control In Newly Seeded Alfalfa with Raptor Herbicide
  
• Species Diversity in Pasture Systems
  
• Planting Spring Cereals for Forage
  
• Native Warm-Season Grass Species for Bioenergy in the Northern Great Plains
  
• Dairy Cows Milk Well on Kura Clover-Reed Canarygrass Silage
  
• Cool-Season Perennial Grass Performance at a Winter Wastewater Application Site
  
• Oat Companion Crop Management & Alfalfa Yields
  
• Taking Farming to New Heights
  
 

DECEMBER

• Estimating Farm Machinery Repair Costs
  
• Spontaneous Heating More Likely with Larger Bales
  
• 5-Step Process to Evaluate Feeding Programs
  
• Grass vs Legume Forages for Dairy Cattle
  
• Alfalfa Stand Height and Nitrogen Availability
  
• Identification of Common, Cool-Season, Perennial Pasture Grasses
  
• Managing Consistent, Trouble-Free Rotation from Alfalfa to Corn
  
• Soil Nutrient Levels on Grazing Farms in the Northeast US
  
• Pricing Hay: Consider Plant Nutrient Value
  
• Survivial of 11 Populations of Alfalfa in Northwestern South Dakota
  
• UMN Dairy at Morris Adopts an Organic Focus
  
• Fall Growth Potential of Cereal-Grain Forages in Central Wisconsin
  
• New Intermediate Wheatgrass on the Horizon
  
• Organic Hay is His Business
  
 

AUGUST

• Backgrounding on Grass - Why Consider?
  
• Silage Inoculants: What the Research Indicates About When and How to Use Them
  
• Forage Contracts Help Ensure Payment
  
• Horse Owners Should Prepare for Higher Hay Prices
  
• Fractional Harvest: A New Way to Separately Harvest Alfalfa Leaves & Stems
  
• Fall Seeding Grasses
  
• Now is the Time to Invest in Alfalfa
  
• We Love P.M. Hay
  
• Brown Root Rot of Alfalfa: A Subtle Threat to Forage Production
  
• Leaf Loss Timing Affects Corn Forage Quality Loss
  
• Comparing Three Forage Types for Use in Swath Grazing
  
• Management of Perennial Grasses for Bioenergy
  
• 3-D Dairy Focuses on Turning Forage into Milk
  
 

MAY

• Machinery Cost Report Updated for 2008
  
• Taking People with Disabilities Where Wheelchairs, Crutches, and Braces Cannot
  
• Value of Maintaining Legumes in Pasture Stands Increasing
  
• The Long and Short of Alfalfa Cutting Height
  
• Meadow Fescue: A Sleeping Giant Awakened by Intensive Rotational Grazing
  
• Establishing Cool-Season Grasses
  
• Reduce Haylage Loss & Ration Cost
  
• Top 10 for High Yielding Alfalfa
  
• When to Harvest Alfalfa/Grass Stands
  
• Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles: Useful, But Not A Balanced Equine Feed
  
• Forage Economics with High Grain Prices
  
• Native Perennial Grassland Species for Bio-Energy: Monocultures vs. Mixtures
  
• Tractor Traffic Reduces Alfalfa Yield on Clay Soil in Fargo, North Dakota
  
• Cool Season Grass Adaptation and Persistence in Eastern South Dakota
  
• Custom Baling and Tubing Business Serves Local Farming Community
  
 

MARCH

• The Economics of Bale Wrapping
  
• Renovation & Management Effects on Pasture Productivity Under Rotational Grazing
  
• Alfalfa Establishment: Roundup-Ready Not Ready, Consider Wheat Companion Crop
  
• Breeding For Increased Persistence in Pasture Legumes
  
• Fall Grazing Options to Cut Costs
  
• Producing High Quality Corn Silage for Dairy Cows
  
• Consistent Green Color Score Indicates Quality Hay
  
• The Effect of Headline Foliar Fungicide on Corn Silage Yield & Quality
  
• Planning Your Equine Pasture
  
• Change in RFV and RFQ of Alfalfa During Spring Growth
  
• Increased Corn Silage Protein with Intercropped Lablab Bean
  
• Managing Yellow-Flowered (Falcata) Alfalfa Mixed with Grasses for Enhanced
  Pasture/Range Yield
  
• Switchgrass Varieties for Long-Term Biomass Production
  
• Meadow Fescue Has Haylage and Pasture Potential in Minnesota
  
• Diverse Farming Makes for a Unique Operation
  
 

DECEMBER

• Pasture Grazing Budgets for Wisconsin
  
• Mapping Prairie Grass Protein, Yield & Carbon
  
• Economics and Energy of Ethanol Production from Alfalfa, Corn and Switchgrass in the
  Upper Midwest
  
• Avoid Hay Fires - Manage Moisture
  
• Controlling Root Rot of Alfalfa Caused by Aphanomyces and Phypophthora
  
• Forage-Based Beef Production in the Bioenergy Era
  
• The Value of Grain, or Starch, in Corn Silage
  
• RFV or RFQ, is 150 the Right Number Anymore?
  
• Equine Forage Research Update
  
• Controlling Machinery Costs
  
• Hay is His Business
  
• Meadow Fescue: The Forgotten Grass
  
• Alfalfa Seeding: Does Row Spacing Matter?
  
• Biomass from Switchgrass Varieties in Western North Dakota
  
• Alfalfa/Grass Mixtures Out-yielding Alfalfa Alone
  
 

AUGUST

• Managing Drought Stressed Pastures
  
• Tips on Hay Storage
  
• Alfalfa Yield/Quality: Relationships within Individual Harvests
  
• Backgrounding Your Calves: For the Feedlot or for the Herd
  
• Harvesting and Storing High Quality Silage
  
• Interpreting an Equine Hay Analysis
  
• Summer & Fall Alfalfa Seeding Recommendations for Successful Establishment
  
• Maintaining Forage Harvester for High Fuel Efficiency
  
• Yellow-Flowered Alfalfa Shows Promise in SD
  
• Does Renovation of a Tired Pasture Pay Off? Yes!
  
• Ley Farming, Integrated Crops and Livestock in the Northern Great Plains
  
• Corn Silage Complements Alfalfa Silage for Dairy Cows
  
• Pure.Sun Family Farm
  
 

MAY

• Greener Patures with Biodiversity
  
• Polishing the Queen's Crown
  
• Should a Hay Preservative Be Used?
  
• Plant Physiology 101 for Profitable Pastures
  
• Role of Native Warm-Season Grasses
  
• Winter-Injured Alfalfa Stand Options
  
• Monsanto Dairy Silage Bunker Surveys and Study
  
• Power-Packing Silage
  
• Fencing Options for Horses
  
• High-Capacity Mowers for High-Quality Forage
  
• Seeding Orchardgrass with Alfalfa Doubled Fall Yield
  
• Companion Crops for Organic Alfalfa Establishment
  
• Fall Harvesting Three Consecutive Years Yields a 3.6 Tons Per Acre Bonus
  
• Stem Counts Aid Alfalfa Stand Decisions
  
• A Good Home for Every Hay
  
 

MARCH

• Alfalfa Biomas: Energy Benefits of Alfalfa vs. Corn
  
• Alfalfa Root Health and Disease Management: A Foundation for Maximizing Production Potential and Stand Life
  
• Oats and Peas as Alternative Forage
  
• Estimating Pasture Forage Dry Matter Intake of Grazing Dairy Cattle
  
• Residual Weed Control is Key to Alfalfa Hay Yield and Quality
  
• Oats as a Cover Crop for Alfalfa
  
• Species Selection and Seeding Rates for Horse Pastures
  
• Road Safety - Avoiding a Collision
  
• Windrow Grazing Shows Promise in Northern Minnesota
  
• Managing CRP Switchgrass for Biomass Feedstock
  
• Forage Quality of Perennial Grasses for the Northern Great Plains
  
• August-Sown Oat Provides High-Quality Fall Forage
  
• High-Quality Alfalfa is His Business
  
 

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

• Medicago GeneChips: A New Tool for Alfalfa Improvement
  
• Seeding Tall Fescue or Perennial Ryegrass With Alfalfa Shows
  
• Too Much Ash? Harvesting Equipment and Practices Could be the Cause
  
• Barley Forage: Variety Matters
  
• Is Sulfur Fertilizer Needed for Alfalfa Production?
  
• Using Brassicas as a Supplemental Pasture Crop
  
• 10 Ton Alfalfa: Is this Goal Achievable?
  
• Swath Width and Conditioning in Forage Production
  
• Low Sugar Hay and Pasture for Horses
  
• Using Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility in Dairy Ration Formulation
  
• Test Pasture Forages to Optimize Mineral Supplementation
  
• Greendale Dairy in Transition
  
 

AUGUST

• Biomass-Type Alfalfa - Biomass Management System Doubles Ethanol Yield
  
• WI Grass-Based Dairies Launch New Enterprise
  
• Pricing Drought Stressed Corn Silage
  
• Harvester Adjustment for Corn Silage
  
• What Have We Learned about Roundup Ready Alfalfa?
  
• Horse Grazing Preference Study
  
• Can You Successfully "Thicken-Up" Old Alfalfa Stands?
  
• Processing with Passion - Cubing Alfalfa and Grass Hay Provides a Bright Future for Forages on this 5th Generation Minnesota Farm
  
• Alfalfa Seeding Rates
  
• Density in Silage Storage
  
 

MAY

• Quebec - Researchers Recommend Timothy for Dairy Cows Prior to Calving
  
• Tradeoffs in Alfalfa Yield and Quality
  
• Profit From Pastures
  
• Stockpiling Smooth Bromegrass Pastures
  
• Forage Should Be Mainstay of Horses' Diet
  
• Making Hay When the Sun Doesn't Cooperate
  
• Pipelines Enhance Grazing Management and Animal Performance
  
• Drying Forage for Hay and Haylage
  
• Establishing Alfalfa with Herbicide Maximizes Seeding-Year Alfalfa Yield and Quality
  
• Yellow-Flowered Alfalfa Fits Delayed-Harvest Management
  
 

MARCH

• Manure Management on Alfalfa
  
• Meadow Fescue and Festulolium for Pasture
  
• Renovating Pastures with Warm-Season Grasses
  
• The Mechanics of Corn Silage Starch
  
• Silvercrest Holsteins of Big Stone City, South Dakota
  
• Feeding Clover to Horses
  
• Resources for Calculating Silage Storage Costs
  
• Equipment Strategies to Speed Hay and Haylage Drying
  
• Managing Native Warm-Season Grass Mixtures for Biomass Production
  
• Aphanomyces Root Rot of Alfalfa
  
• Delayed Harvest of Grass-Alfalfa Mixtures Provides Good Beef Cow Hay
  
 

NOVEMBER

• Dairy Heifers in a Grazing System
  
• Fermentation Processes Using Biomass Materials
  
• Feeding Beef Cows During the Winter
  
• Watch Particle Size and NDF Levels in High Corn Silage Diets
  
• Roundup Ready Alfalfa Offers Growers More Management Options
  
• Alfalfa, Blister Beetles, and Cantharidin - A Toxic ABC
  
• How Cutting Date Affects Yield, Quality and Profitability of a Hay Crop
  
• Stand Age Effects in Grasses?
  
• What are "Normal" Forage Test Results?
  
• Innovations and Forward Thinking Have Cave Creek Jerseys Rising to the Top
  
 

AUGUST

• Summer Annual Species as Emergency Forages
  
• Alfalfa Resistance to Potato Leafhopper and its Effect on Economic Threshold
  
• Stockpiling Smooth Bromegrass to Reduce Winter Feeding Costs
  
• Development of Alfalfa for Ethanol Production and Other Bioproducts
  
• Writing Contracts to Buy or Sell Corn Silage
  
• The "Moving Target" of Corn Silage Quality
  
• Four Keys to Improve Forage Management with Silage Hybrids
  
• Tiller Development of Pasture Species
  
• Seven Horse Hay Storage Tips
  
• Fertility of Alfalfa
  
• Supplying Alfalfa Hay and Straw Since 1949
  
 

MAY

• Rebounding from Alfalfa Winterkill
  
• Quality Forage Improves Dairy Efficiency
  
• Applying Swine Manure to Alfalfa and Reed Canarygrass
  
• Cool-Season Bunch Grasses Show Promise
  
• Intercropping Clovers with Corn Silage Shows Promise
  
• Improving Profitability by Utilizing Forage Equipment More Efficiently: A Windrow
  Merger Example
  
• Supplementing Stocker Cattle on Pasture
  
• Productivity & Quality of Summer Annual Grasses in the Northern Great Plains
  
• Factors in Making High Quality Haylage
  
• Silage Storage Costs
  
• Plant Height as Determinant for Harvesting Alfalfa
  
• Founder and Spring Pasture Turn-Out Guidelines
  
 

MARCH

• Alfalfa Brown Root Rot Update
  
• Where Should You Invest to Improve the Capacity of Your Harvesting System?
  
• Manure Credits on Pasture
  
• Horse Pasture Management Calendar
  
• Establishing Alfalfa
  
• Length of Cut - What is the Right Length?
  
• Potato Leafhopper
  
• Drought & Stocking Rate Effects on Forage Yield from Western SD Rangelands
  
• The Oasis in Corn and Bean Country - Sound Hay & Pasture Management Practices Anchor Profitability on Millers' Farm in SE Minnesota
  
 

NOVEMBER

• Wet Distillers Grains Ensiled with Corn Silage Improves Aerobic Stability at Feed-out
  
• Italian Ryegrass Demonstrates High Yield and Quality Potential
  
• Grass Variety Trial Information Available
  
• Equine Nutrition
  
• Alfalfa Longevity: Key Factors
  
• Buying and Selling Hay
  
• Alfalfa Production Made Simple
  
• November Ask the Experts
  
• Feeding Immature Corn
  
• What's the First Thing to Plant in Managed Grazing? ...a Post
  
• Dairy Cattle Feeding Tips For Immature Corn
  
 

AUGUST

• MFA President Tom Braun Speaks on TMRs
  
• Grazing Corn for Finishing Beef and Growing Dairy Heifers
  
• Purchasing and Using Certified Hay
  
• Bt Corn Matches Non-Bt Corn Silage Quality
  
• Dried Distiller's Grains as Forage Supplement for Beef Cows
  
• Harvester Makes Believers On-Farm Harvesting Verifies Hybrid Alfalfa's Potential
  
• Stockpiling Pastures
  
• Crop Processing Adjustment for Corn Silage
  
• UM Extension Service Conducts Survey of Horse Owners
  
• August Ask the Experts
  
• Making Good Corn Silage
  
 

MAY

• Weed Management Improves Alfalfa Hay Quality
  
• Stubble Height Effects in Alfalfa
  
• Emergency and Alternative Forages
  
• Drying Hay
  
• Weed Identification and Control in Grass Pastures
  
• Managing the Spring Flush
  
• Cereal/Pea Mixtures: When to Harvest?
  
• Summer-Planted Spring Small Grains Extend the Grazing Season
  
• Winter Wheat/Kura Clover Mixtures Produce High-Quality, Early-Season Forage
  
• Barley vs. Oats: Forage Quality and Yield
  
• Minimizing Impact of Wheel Traffic in Forage Fields
  
• Irrigated Alfalfa Diversifies Operation
  
• May Ask the Experts
  
 

APRIL

• Effect of Last Fall's Alfalfa Residue on First Cutting Yields & Quality
  
• Allelopathy in Alfalfa
  
• The Challenge of Controlling Machinery Costs & Planning Custom Work
  
• How to Choose Hay for Horses
  
• Incorporating Legumes to Rejuvenate Pastures
  
• Legumes Beat N Fertilizer for Bromegrass Pastures
  
• Hay Quality of Oats: All Varieties Are Not Equal
  
• Biomass From Forages: "Bales of Opportunity"
  
• Plastic Wrapping Medium Square Bales
  
• Contract Dairy Forage Production Provides Opportunity for Beginning Farmer
  
• April Ask the Experts
  
• Improving Bluegrass Pastures