Winter feeding and care always have been a critical aspect of cattle production in the northern Plains. Meeting the most basic needs of the stock - adequate feed for efficient bunker," says John ...

“Now is the time to prepare forage and cattle for the fall and winter grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Proper management of cattle and ...

Mason Douglass dials his desk phone from a spick-n-span triple-wide plunked in a gravel lot in front of 30 silver corrugated silos outside of Connell, Washington. “It’s probably going to be a ...

ALLISON, Iowa -Allison cattle producers Edward and Randal Johnson and Scott Bruns have been using cover crops to protect soil and extend forage supplies for several years. They shared their ...

The primary forage base for pastures and rangeland in Texas is warm-season perennial grasses. These grasses have restricted to non-existent growth after the first killing-frost and during the winter ...

Many area livestock producers have low forage supplies as a result of slow spring pasture growth, delayed planting, limited production of cover crops and/or reduced cool-season plant development.

Auburn's Max Runge shares four considerations for famers considering using crop residue to custom grow cattle.

When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist. Oats for extra pasture, hay and silage Pasture and hay could be sparse again this spring unless we receive ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...