WATERTOWN, S.D. — Researchers at South Dakota State University Extension have been conducting experiments to see if hybrid rye is a suitable feed source for cattle. It is used as an alternative source ...

North Bay chefs and growers have long been at the forefront of the movement to eat local, championing the return to the table of heirloom tomatoes and grass-fed beef. Nowadays, the farmers are ...

A new appreciation has developed for rye, a winter-hardy grain that develops a deep root system. Growing rye is seen as beneficial to soil health, is a strong competitor to weeds, and helps reduce ...

McClintock Distilling co-founder Braeden Bumpers spoke with his trademark energy and attention to detail about how they planned to celebrate their eighth anniversary. On Dec. 7, the distillery ...

For nearly a century, the Codys farmed barley and rye in Alamosa, Colorado, before opening their malting company and brewery. In Lyons, 250 miles north, Spirit Hound Distillers similarly wagered its ...

Cereal rye grain possesses many uses within crop and livestock production. Growers make rye part of their corn-soybean crop rotation to boost yields, while ranchers needing an alternative feed might ...

Rye has played an important role throughout history, Laura Valli says . “Humans never deliberately chose to cultivate it, but it first occurred in fields of wheat and barley in what’s contemporary ...

While wheat is by far the most widely grown grain in the United States, some would argue that the country was built on rye. Beginning in the 1620s, when the Dutch brought it to the colonies, this ...

When Kim and Steve Andersen moved to their farm near Brighton, Iowa, in 2006, they had no intention of farming the land themselves. The land has been in Kim’s family for generations and had been ...