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 ...

University of Missouri Extension agricultural systems technology specialist Rusty Lee calls it “tabletop silage,” putting ...

Stocking the milking platform at 5.5 livestock units a hectare is challenging. But with good grass management and making ...

Winter is around the corner and, hopefully, we have managed the ranch in a manner to avoid high feed costs. The most economical way to feed beef cattle is use of year-round, good quality grazing of ...

The combination of the unusually warm winter and dry conditions has resulted in wheat being further along in maturity than is ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — When feeding cattle, it’s important to know the nutrition within your feed ratio. “When we go to feed our cattle, we want to make sure that what we’re feeding them meets the goals ...

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 ...

Corn milling co-product has feeding value for beef cattle industry but may provide less energy if replacing corn in diet.

USDA’s Jan. 26 Cattle on Feed report revealed Jan. 1 cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market reached 11.5 million head, up 8 percent over prior-year levels and in line with the average ...

High-quality red and white clover silages have allowed a Powys sheep farm to shave nearly £2 a head from the purchased feed bill of twin-bearing ewes. Concentrate feed was one of the biggest input ...