by cmonson | Dec 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Growing degree days aren’t perfect, but they are a more reliable way of predicting when a crop will mature than looking at the calendar.There are many ways to figure growing degrees, but unless you like to use an app or a computer spreadsheet, it’s...
by cmonson | Dec 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Flies thrive in humid weather and we have had plenty of that this summer! The real issue with flies-other than being annoying-is that they spread bacteria cow to cow. Flies have been linked to spreading several types of “summer mastitis” and have even been...
by cmonson | May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
So far, spring has been as rough as this winter.The alfalfa killed out-in some places, nearly 100%. It didn’t seem to matter much if you had left stubble or not-no sense beating yourself up about that. We’re going to be feeding a lot of different kinds of...
by cmonson | Dec 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
When you compare values in feeds, you need the whole picture-instead of just one component-like the crude protein. Based on crude protein alone, canola would need to be $63.00 per ton cheaper than soybean meal-just to break even, as soy is typically a 46% CP feed...
by cmonson | Sep 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hopefully, if you haven’t chopped some corn silage already, you’ll most likely be starting soon. You know, from past experience, that the best, high-powered corn silage needs some time to ferment-up to 4 months for the kernels to soften-processed or not. But it was a...
