forage quality

HPJ Talk, Interview Series, Video

HPJ Talk: Don Miller on breeding alfalfa for drought, salinity and stand persistence 

Drought, salinity, insect pressure and stand persistence have long shaped how alfalfa varieties are bred and selected, but those pressures are becoming even more important as producers across the Plains and West face tighter water supplies and more weather variability.  O... Read More



Cows in the stable eat hay. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #322327093 - Lukas)

High quality hay after calving a must

Hay bale in a field (Photo courtesy MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

10 reasons you should quit making hay

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension

Cattle Chat: Managing cattle grazing cornstalks  

Road ditch hay bales. (Photo by Troy Walz.)