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 ...

With a shortage of standing forage for cattle and the low availability of hay, it is more important than ever this winter to reduce waste when feeding hay. Hay waste is normal, but it can be ...

Hay producers across the country are increasingly aware of the need to protect their alfalfa production from weather damage. The main goals when covering your hay piles are to dry the hay and prevent ...

MANDAN, N.D. — Bill Klesalek faced drought in 2020, but hopes the feed he saved from the wet 2019 will get him through this winter. Two years ago he was up to 500 cows, but has cut 350 cow-calf pairs, ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Hay producers across the country are increasingly aware of the need to protect their alfalfa production from weather damage. "The main goals when covering hay piles are to keep the ...

About this time last year, rice growers and cattle ranchers were looking at an interesting partnership: Could rice straw, if handled at the very green stage, be used as cattle feed? The term for this ...

A feed marketplace says it is well placed with more than 10,000 bales of silage, baleage and hay ready to roll out to farmers ahead of a hot, dry summer. An El Nino weather pattern has been declared ...