This Easter I noticed something disturbing in Kajiado. I learned that many farmers are feeding their cows on that young green grass with abandon. I cannot blame them because it looks appetising and ...

Sufficient rainfall (greater than average in some regions) has many North Dakota pastures set for abundant, rapid forage growth this spring. "With this in mind, producers with cattle on pasture or ...

As immature grass grows rapidly during the cool, moist months of spring, livestock can experience grass tetany, caused by low blood magnesium. These low blood magnesium levels are due to mineral ...

Many years producers are calving during the early spring with cows grazing lush pastures. When cows that have just calved are grazing cool-season annual pastures producers often find mature cows that ...

FARGO - Cool temperatures and sufficient rainfall (greater than average in some regions) have many North Dakota pastures set for abundant forage growth this spring. Weather forecasters predict a ...

Much of Oklahoma and the Southern Plains will have wheat pasture to utilize as winter feed for stocker cattle, replacement heifers, and in some cases for adult cows. At -- and after -- calving time ...

Given the good supply of moisture, grass will surely begin to grow as the weather warms up. A potential problem associated with these conditions is grass tetany or hypomagnesemic tetany, a potentially ...

University of Missouri Extension specialists urge producers to closely watch cattle grazing pastures with Johnson grass and other sorghum species. Cattle producers in several drought-stressed parts of ...

Like all animals, beef cattle need an appropriate amount of minerals to allow for proper body function, lactation and growth. Grazing cattle intake most of their minerals through the forages they eat, ...

Grass tetany and nitrate poisoning are issues that we typically associate with animals grazing. However, both issues can be a problem in winter when animal diets are limited by what they are fed, said ...