Recently, the University of Nebraska and Arrow Seed put on a forage production and quality clinic. Dr. Nicolas Cafaro La Menza presented data comparing summer forage quality – yield, protein, total digestible nutrients (TDN) and relative forage quality (RFQ) – [...]
When most farmers think about soil health, fertility and organic matter usually take center stage. But beneath the surface, there’s another factor that drives crop performance: pore space. The balance between air and water in those tiny voids is what [...]
Recently I had a customer say that he thought there was a perception among horse owners that timothy hay was superior to other hay species. This led to a short discussion about other species of hay commonly fed to horses [...]
Variation in DDGS may be more than most think! Most industry professionals would recommend testing a load of DDGS occasionally, especially when switching sources, however they don’t expect to see significant changes in nutritional value on the lab reports. This [...]