We Say A Lot Of ’F-Words’ This Morning: Fitting, Forage & Family Farming

Extension Grazing Outreach Specialist Jason Cavadini says 2025 has been one of the best years for cool-season perennial grasses in the past decade, thanks to well-timed rainfall. He tells Kiley Allan that September and October are peak months for pasture growth, making it a crucial time for farmers to manage their forage carefully.

A hot day to close World Dairy Expo. Eighty-eight degrees is the expected high, according to the Compeer Financial Ag Weather Update.

The Women’s Suffrage Movement, the Treaty of Versailles, and the beginning of the prohibition. These are all things that were taking place when the Larscheid family farm was getting started in 1919. Ben Jarboe visits with Bill and Debbie, courtesy of Compeer Financial.

It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work and preparation to make the cattle look their absolute best before gracing the colored shavings at World Dairy Expo. Kiley Allan introduces us to a set of hands that makes it all possible: Joé Lapage, who has been fitting cattle for about five years.

Farms are already starting to watch yield monitors for 2025, thinking about 2026. Farm Director Pam Jahnke catches up with Steve Bailie of Helena Agri with what you should know.

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