GRAND FORKS, N.D. — When Larry Rivard goes golfing, visiting with the superintendent about the turf is par for the course. Rivard’s business, called Rivard’s Turf and Forage, based in Grand Forks, ...

Now is the time for final preparations for the corn silage harvest. Years ago, experts recommended that corn silage be harvested at the black-layer stage of maturity. In recent years, research and ...

If properly managed, there is very little waste when it comes to bagged feed. On the other hand, poorly managed bagging can result in as much as 25% of the feed being wasted. Storing cattle feed such ...

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, ...

More than in other years, I’m encountering quite a few grass silage pits that are heating and going off very quickly once opened — whether being fed in blocks or through a total mixed ration (TMR).