Topics for this year’s field day include cereal forage and corn silage variety trials and winter grazing crop residues.

Producers looking for livestock feed can connect with those who have it.

The drought is increasing the risk of baler fires this year.

Drought is impacting this year’s hay production, forcing livestock producers to find other sources of feed.

If corn for silage is sold standing in the field, producers need to know how to determine a fair price for the standing crop.

Producers have several alternative methods to harvesting drought-stressed corn .

Crop producers may be able to recoup some production costs by harvesting this year’s corn crop as silage.

Research indicates that soybean forage should not make up more than 50% of the total diet.

Establishing a winter cereal for grazing next spring will allow producers to delay pasture turnout, giving drought-stressed pastures more time to recover.

Knowing the predominant grass species on a livestock operation is important for ranchers because not all grass is created equally.