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This article by Robert Hoban was originally published on Forbes and appears here with permission.
In his Republic, Plato put forth the notion that necessity is the mother of invention. This remains as true today as in ancient Greece. It also serves to answer the question of why Poland is such a global pioneer for the industrial hemp plant.
Across the street was an old, run-down building, a synagogue built in the early 1900s. During WWII, it was taken over by German soldiers who turned it into barracks and built a swimming pool. Eighty years later, it was just the way they’d left it, a standing reminder of the destruction and violence the war had unleashed. For the Polish people, it remains a symbol of resilience for a country that’s rebuilt itself many times throughout history.
Grains with tight husks respond very favorably to processing. 10:17 am, May 13, 2021 ×
Producers have options for getting more out of their livestock feed when feed prices become high. NDSU photo
When commodity feed prices become high, consider options for getting more out of your livestock feed.
“Added processing of grain, using totally mixed rations, feed additives and other management changes will improve the digestion efficiency of feed,” says Karl Hoppe, Extension livestock systems specialist at North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center. “Because feed prices have drastically increased in the past year, using other methods to get more nutrients out of the feed is now cost effective.”
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OPTIONS TO HAY: When drought diminishes pasture and rangeland, ranchers can turn to a variety of coproducts to feed cattle if hay is in short supply. Turning to milling coproducts may be a viable option for alternative feedstuffs.
Impending drought may make things tight for cattle producers as they look to keep their herd fed, but Karl Hoppe thinks it’s time that cattle producers look outside the box and diversify their feed bunk.
Hoppe, livestock systems specialist at North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center, says livestock producers in Northern climates are quite familiar with feeding cattle in winters and that winter feeding can be transitioned to summer feeding if necessary. He points to the experience of 40 years of year-round drylot cow herd feeding at the Carrington center.
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2/17/2021 Growing diverse crops has long been the hallmark of Greg Busch’s no-till operation near Columbus, North Dakota. It’s not uncommon for Busch to grow as many as eight to 10 cash crops in one season, with cover crops on some acres. The benefits of growing multiple crops are many. “Having a diverse rotation helps me reduce my nitrogen costs; it reduces disease, and broadens marketing opportunities,” he says. “It also helps me improve soil biology, and it lengthens the time that I have living roots in the soil.” In recent years, Busch has taken crop diversity a step further by growing two crops together in one field. “I’ve tried growing chickpeas and flax together, but I’ve had the best luck growing field peas and canola as companion crops.”