This press release is available in Spanish. With the help of a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) small business grant, Wisconsin farmer-breeder Peter Pitts teamed up with Pure-Seed Testing, Inc., of ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — From planting and growing about 60 varieties of fruits and vegetables annually for the past 12 years, Evan Kruse has transitioned to two crops — forage and grass seed. The ...

A grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass that seems just right for today's intensive rotational grazing. A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass ...

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, ...

Annual ryegrass in the pasture—if you love it, keep it. If you hate it…well, that may be a problem. A cool season grass, annual ryegrass has very good forage quality for early grazing and is part of ...

DAIRY farmers know very well that fresh grass is the cheapest form of feed for their cows to produce quality milk at a profit. However, cows can be quite fussy eaters and farmers need to ensure they ...