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 ...

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 ...

Ranchers need to ensure they're providing feeds that meet nutritional requirements, including micro and macro nutrients and ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average year of ...

As producers prepare for winter weather and take stock in their hay supplies, it is important to consider hay feeding management. We know that hay feeding reduces financial efficiency. In fact, OSU ...

Escalating costs for hay and supplements have many cattle producers concerned, especially with very poor pasture conditions and limited hay supplies in some areas of the state. Current feed costs have ...

A split image showing a group of hungry cows (left) and the California National Guard pushing bundles of hay off a helicopter to feed the cows.Humboldt County/California National Guard California's ...

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 ...

The Texas Army National Guard has been working around the clock to assist southeast Texas since Hurricane Harvey hit the area. On Tuesday, their attention turned to stranded cattle. KHOU 11 cameras ...

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