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Get a few good lawn care tips up your sleeve and you can transform your gardens grass into a healthy and luscious stretch of green. Whether you have turf in your front or backyard, chances are youll want it to look its absolute best – and thats where we can help.Caring for a lawn can seem a little daunting at first. Theyre not exactly a low-maintenance feature, especially when compared to paving. Without proper knowledge, its easy for things to go wrong. And, instead of verdant turf, you

The author is the director of nutrition research and innovation with Rock River Lab Inc, and adjunct assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dairy Science Department. With skyrocketing protein costs following a challenged growing season in South America, forage protein value is under the microscope. Improved U.S. soybean complex exports have contributed to driving up soybean prices, and all other protein-rich feeds have followed suit. Protein feeds have risen by $100 per ton or m

Livestock producers in the Northeast tend to have very few legumes in their hay fields, and often fewer than they would like in their pastures.  Universities and popular press have extensively promoted alfalfa to dairy farmers over the last several generations, and companies have heavily invested in developing new varieties.  Under the best of conditions, alfalfa plants typically do not live more than 6 or 7 years; in situations where drainage is poor and/or pH is low, the plants will not yiel

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants and all animals. It’s literally in the DNA of everything and everyone. It’s in the top 20 most abundant elements in our solar system, and the 11th most abundant in the earth’s crust.  The problem for producers is that it’s not always where you want it to be, and sometimes it’s exactly where you don’t want it. For example, researchers have found that 55 to 65% of the phosphorus cows eat comes out the other end in