If properly managed, there is very little waste when it comes to bagged feed. On the other hand, poorly managed bagging can result in as much as 25% of the feed being wasted. Storing cattle feed such ...

Hay is expensive and many long hours go into harvesting, storing and feeding it. Don’t waste up to a third of it by using poor feeding practices. Believe it or not, cattle can trample, over consume, ...

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, ...

Hay season is always a challenge. In most years it seems the weather pattern never matches our grasses’ growth stage to harvest forage as dry hay at the peak of quality and quantity. We may luck out ...

As a livestock producer I found myself wondering about how much hay my livestock waste and what the affects are in certain feeding methods on my livestock. I asked myself, are there better methods ...

Beef and dairy farmers with poor forage stocks need to budget now – not wait until the new year when marketplace supplies are running low and prices are ...

Using hay as one form of fodder for cattle, saves the farmer the hustle of walking long distances in search of pastures during the dry season. Unlike their counterparts in Kenya, very few farmers in ...

East UK faces straw shortages after dry summer, while west enjoys bumper harvests. Winter feed costs could rise for farmers.

Forage analysis is familiar to most dairy farmers, but for many sheep producers it is an alien idea, which few have ever used or considered. However, while most flocks are fed a concentrate feed of ...