Back in the early 90's a gentleman asked if I would be his consultant. This farmer had one of the top 5 highest producing dairy herds in the US and also did ruminant nutrition consulting on the side. WOW, I thought to myself, it's really cool that he wants me to be his consultant. A few years later I got a call from a 19 year old young man who said they found his father dead in the free stall barn. What a shock that was to everyone. This was a larger herd that had recently hi

Only in the wildlife industry does tags not matter. How many of you ever go on a website and buy a seed mix, mineral product or foliar plant foods product without seeing a tag. How many of you go to the gas station and say, hmmmmm which pump should I use today? Does it matter to you if your buying a bag of seed for $30 no matter if there is 35% coated seeds in it versus uncoated? Do you realize that $30 bag of seed really is a $46 dollar bag of seed. So much for that "cheap s

4 years ago i started testing balansa fixation clover and even put the lawn mover deck down to try to stunt off the regrowth. It still kept coming back. 3 Years ago I answered the phone and replied to someone, "I bet i know what forage your bringing into the US." 2 years ago I started giving access to these unique forages to team members people across the US. Because of the abnormal rainfall this spring there was a lot less spring perennial plantings. I decided to not hold ba