With the abundance of higher protein feeds such as distillers grains, gluten feed and soybean meal in Iowa, these natural ...

Hay production may no longer be the most efficient or profitable use of your time and resources. A Missouri forage specialist ...

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 ...

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — 2025 has been a year of variable weather — creating ideal conditions for stressing both cattle and ...

Feed costs make up the largest expense in a cow-calf operation. While hay is often used to feed cows through the winter, current prices make corn a competitive option to feeding hay. Considering corn ...

Accurately sampling and testing hay is the only way to get a real understanding of the nutritive value of feed. Using values ...

But more than 10 years on, producers have learnt a lot and experts believe it can be a good option for dairy stock during the dry period. During a webinar hosted by Agriculture Victoria recently ...

Hay season is always a challenge. In most years it seems the weather pattern never matches our grasses’ growth stage to ...

PARKER COUNTY -- North Texas ranchers are donating hay and delivering it to the Texas panhandle, helping out as wildfires threaten to starve thousands of cattle. "Those cattle, all their feed burned ...

The Kocher family has been farming the same plat of land near the northern Ohio village of Bloomville for generations. Among other crops, they grow alfalfa hay to feed their 700 dairy cows. Ken Kocher ...