With rising input costs, many cow-calf producers are looking for ways to reduce expenses and improve profitability. Because ...
Escalating costs for hay and supplements has many cattle producers concerned, especially in the face of very poor pasture conditions and limited hay supplies in some areas of Missouri. Current feed ...
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 ...
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 ...
BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Winter feed represents one of the largest costs for a livestock production enterprise. One alternative to limit costs resulting from harvest and purchase of hay or feeding of hay is ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This winter’s heavy snowfall and cold temperatures forced some Montana ranchers to take cattle ...
A USDA file photo of a hay harvest in 2020 in Texas. Hay is in high demand as drought dries up pasture that cattle would normally graze. Drought across the Midwest and the Plains means pastures aren’t ...
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 ...
The University of Missouri Extension will offer two workshops in Southwest Missouri later this month for cattle producers and farmers to help them manage their cattle and pastures through the winter.