While a visual appraisal to gauge hay quality can be informative, extension experts stress that there’s only one way to truly know the quality of hay — getting an accurate test. “Hay that looks ...

Baleage is a way of storing forage to preserve it as livestock feed. The big round bales are normally fed out to dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep and deer during winter. Until now, the wrap that ...

Kansas hay market report for the week ending March 15, as reported by the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News, ...

The livestock kit invention’s sent ... This allows the lower roller to gently turn the bale while the higher spikes fling silage out into the feed passage. All the hydraulics and almost all ...

At 100 acres, Rancher’s Reserve isn’t TV’s “Yellowstone,” but this South Florida farm is aiming to grow a ranch-to-restaurant ...

Baleage is a way of storing forage to preserve it as livestock feed. The big round bales are normally fed out to dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep and deer over winter. Up until now, the wrap that ...

At the ripe old age of 91, Peter Whitford has seen a lot of change in the dairy farming game. He’s been milking cows since ...

1) Harvest at the correct stage. Grasses such as orchardgrass and fescue should be harvested at the boot to early head stage.

fields are “stocked” with big round bales to meet these objectives, typically recommended at 2 tons (4-5x5s) per acre to minimize long term field damage. It’s well documented that hay fed on fields ...

Cattle producers cannot afford to waste a valuable resource like hay in even the best years. “Management of input costs is a key business concern and can mean the difference between operational profit ...