It’s inevitable; winter weather always leads to cattle producers feeding their livestock supplemental forage, something that can be quite costly depending on the hay’s quality and availability. Kansas ...
Using rental acreage stockpiling can help ease rotational pressure on the home farm, provide protection during drought years and offer added flexibility during calving season. In many cases, renting ...
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.
Oklahoma and Kansas cattle ranchers are searching for donations of hay to feed cattle after wildfires consumed 300,00 acres.
SAUK CENTRE, Minn. — Les Bell describes the 2021 hay crop at his cattle farm at Motley, Minnesota, as “ pretty much nonexistent.” So on March 3, Bell found himself in Sauk Centre at the hay auction, ...
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 ...
Many Wyoming ranchers stick to the traditional way of doing things when feeding livestock in the winter — with a team of ...
If you didn’t make hay, what could you do instead? Carson Roberts, Missouri extension state forage specialist, says the consensus in the beef industry is making your own hay is the cheapest way to ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The price of hay has gone up significantly in Oregon and Washington in 2021, causing some equine and livestock owners to decide between paying more to feed their animals – or ...