These four measurements can help you determine what your herd needs are for additional nutrition. Harvested forages, like hay, are a significant investment for cattle nutrition programs. The U.S.

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

Farms relying on big bale silage to feed cattle should have an idea of its nutritional value – and ideally get some feedback on their field management. The simplest way to do both is to take a sample ...

Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

Bale grazing allows livestock to return excess nutrients to the soil. Reduce your feed bill and maximize grazing days by incorporating bale grazing, interseeding, and other fall pasture management ...

High nitrate levels in hay and forage can pose serious health risks to livestock, particularly pregnant animals and ruminants such as cattle.

Stocking the milking platform at 5.5 livestock units a hectare is challenging. But with good grass management and making quality silage at 12MJ of metabolisable energy/kg dry matter and 16% crude ...

ALLISON, Iowa -Allison cattle producers Edward and Randal Johnson and Scott Bruns have been using cover crops to protect soil and extend forage supplies for several years. They shared their ...

For the week ending June 20, quality background yearlings sold $5-$10 per hundredweight higher on average compared to seven ...

Livestock farmers are facing mounting welfare and forage pressures as a potentially record-breaking heatwave pushes ...