New and improved alfalfa and grass varieties are out there, but not every livestock producer in Western Canada is fighting to ...

As spring arrives, livestock producers are being cautioned about the risk of grass tetany, also known as grass staggers, ...

Diversifying your forage base with warm-season grasses and legumes can provide a buffer against weather-related forage ...

Optimal nitrogen and sulfur rates for annual forage grasses part of Montana State University research project.

Laminitis risk increases with high pasture sugar levels in horses with insulin issues. Understanding forage, weather, and ...

Greening spring pastures and growing cover crops are great opportunities for livestock to graze and reduce the need for fed ...

By Chris McCullough Zimbabwe born dairy farmer Sean Webster is leading the charge to help the African nation produce more ...

Advocates of lectin-free diets typically focus on avoiding the lectins present in beans, legumes, and other vegetables. However, these foods can be important parts of a balanced diet, and there is ...

Beans are the seeds from flowering plants in the Fabaceae family and are classified as legumes. Legumes include beans, lentils, and peas. Beans grow in pods or capsules that develop from flowers.

Farmland values are “softening” with “some downward pressure on rental agreements” according to the 2025 Illinois Farmland Values and Lease Trends Report. The report, released this week ...

In this blog, I will focus on how structures in pollen of caesalpinioid legumes might be adapted to aid their dispersal by particular insects, mammals or even by wind. The legume family is one of the ...

Once pastures get to a point that they’re primarily fescue-based, he interseeds annual lespedeza and white clover. “Those legumes add diversity to the pasture and dilute the fescue,” he says. “This ...