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.

Grazed forage might not be adequate to meet beef cattle's nutritional needs this time of year, North Dakota State University Extension Service livestock experts warn. "The nutritional quality of ...

Some Northwest dairy farmers have experienced low milk prices, belly-high flooding, extreme heat, extreme cold events and fires in the past couple of years. Now, the challenge is highly pathogenic ...

The first heat wave of summer can have negative effects on cattle, but it’s the second heat wave causes the most damage, say University of Missouri Extension specialists. MU Extension state specialist ...

Just like people, livestock require the correct amount of nutrients in their diets. To help producers easily determine the nutrients in feed mixes, the Clemson University Precision Agriculture group ...

East Idaho rancher Matt Thompson knows there’s a payday coming if he can hold onto his cattle, as ranchers continue culling marginal livestock rather than feeding them extremely expensive rations ...

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When 28-year-old Ekta Chawda was pregnant last year, the local anganwadi in Pamol village, an hour’s ride from Vadodara, gave her three packets containing a soft white mixture every month. Each 1.5kg ...

"Get fired up" (Taste, May 25) contained a number of inaccuracies about differences in beef from various production practices. I'm assuming that while beef isn't specifically mentioned in the story ...

The old saying "down corn, up horn" refers to the fact that the price of cattle tends to rise in those years when the price of grain is depressed. Traditionally when grain is cheap farmers convert it ...