There are many forage experts in the industry. Unfortunately, a vast number are “silo smart”. They have deep knowledge about a small slice of the agriculture industry producing forage, but not enough to step back and see the way quality forage production interacts in a holistic system on the farm. They missed the impact of many of the in-between steps that significantly affect the outcome for their products and for the farm. It took me several years when I started 50 years ago, before I learned to approach it from both the production and consumption ends, see the system, and managing the processes affecting it.