November is a good time to review winter feeding plans, according to University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eric Meusch. “Forage growth has come to an end, so making sure producers have ...
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 ...
Low grain prices and below-average forage availability mean forage is expensive. Therefore, limit-fed grain rations are one option for cow herds. Feeding grain rations will require feed bunks, a feed ...
Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.
Jack Daniel’s is terminating a decades-long program that provided the company’s corn byproduct “slop” to local cattle farmers ...
The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current projections indicate that by 2050, global food demand could increase by 59%-98% above current levels. In ...
Bales of hay are headed to Plaquemines Parish to help cattle and horses impacted by Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says that the hay will be used to feed cattle ...
AMES, Iowa – Iowa beef producers have to balance dietary and nutritional considerations with getting the most value for their dollar after feed prices skyrocketed this winter as a result of last ...
California's National Guard tossed bundles of hay off of helicopters to feed cows trapped in the snow. The extreme weather prevented ranchers from reaching their cattle. Videos show how officials ...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered by the coming storm signaled by the sound of thunder. “Thunder means lightning, and ...
HOUSTON -- The oldest craft brewery in Texas is involved in an unique partnership that is suing traditional Japanese techniques to rain Kobe-style beef. Saint Arnold Brewing Co. is providing its award ...
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 ...