When dining at a new restaurant and the eating utensil is unexpectedly chopsticks instead of a fork, it can make for a challenging experience. Similarly, newly weaned calves also have to adjust when ...
Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.
Limit-feeding corn grain can be economically advantageous when the price of hay becomes too high due to short supply.
The year was dry, forage is limited, last winter’s feed shortage is frozen into your memory, and you have cows to feed. With these thoughts in mind, maybe you harvested hay from the roadside—“ditch ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Steve Swenka, the owner of Double G Angus Farm in Tiffin, said an unseasonably warm fall has helped him stretch his pastures amid a hay shortage. “When it’s mild ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana's second hay cutting is lower yielding, but higher in nutritional value than the first. Knowing this can help cattle producers decide on a feeding program and supplement ...
A USDA file photo of a hay harvest in 2020 in Texas. Hay is in high demand as drought dries up pasture that cattle would normally graze. Drought across the Midwest and the Plains means pastures aren’t ...
CAL FIRE and US Coast Guard helicopters were used to drop off hay to cattle stranded in the snow.Screenshots/Humboldt County Sheriff's Office About 30 ranchers in California's Humboldt County have ...
Aaron and Tanya Svec of Estelline, South Dakota, raise Belted Galloway cattle with conservation practices in mind. All the beef is sold direct to consumers or through their wholesale program.
Several management practices can help reduce the impact of cold stress and decrease potential health and performance setbacks.