Growing winter forage can improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, add organic matter, break up compaction and provide ...

Extension personnel share their forage variety trials and how farmers can use them for their planting selections.

Although it is the shortest month of the year, February can feel like one of the longest, at least to the grazing animal. During the depths of winter, green growing forage can be in short supply.

Feeding hay and applying fertilizer may seem unrelated, but nutrient cycling connects the two. Winter hay feeding can have ...

Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are back this summer, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage in western states. The insects cause $318 million in crop losses to alfalfa annually, ...

What’s Your Crop’s Life Expectancy? - The intensity of cutting management (the number of cuttings made per year) should be based on the desired quality and life expectancy of the crop. If the goal is ...

The Penn State Extension is hosting a crop conference that includes reviewing crop production last growing season and planning for next year’s season, showing off new innovations for the upcoming ...

Boosted by the popularity of forage policies, crop insurance coverage exceeded 500 million acres in 2023, marking the highest level ever. Enrollment in crop insurance has surged 85% since 2016, ...

AFBF’s Market Intel team has created a multi-part series highlighting agricultural losses incurred due to weather disasters and the associated disaster assistance programs meant to help mitigate their ...

KIMBERLY — University of Idaho Extension researchers see promise in hybrid rye and teff as potential forage crop options that could fill important niches for Magic Valley farmers, especially during ...

Agency: "Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA." SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Forage Seeding Crop Insurance Provisions. The ...