BY ALICIA BOORCottonwood Extension DistrictThis year’s weather has delayed harvest and left many wheat growers with fields of low-test ...

Feed costs for over-wintering a beef cow are a major expense in beef cow /calf operations. Some decisions have already been made that will affect the outcome of both your costs and success at this ...

Winter feed costs are the single largest expense in a beef operation and will vary from year to year. With this in mind, cows must be in good condition prior to calving in order to maximize ...

Fall-calving cows fed raised hay have estimated daily feed costs of $1.94 for good hay, $2.16 for fair hay and $2.34 for poor hay. These feed cost estimates do not include hay waste in the ...

Feed digestibility (along with digestibility of protein and fiber) was increased by 4%, and ruminal methane production was reduced by 14% in low RFI (or more efficient) cattle. Feeding behavior ...

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed ...

CLAVET, Sask. — Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa beef producers have to balance dietary and nutritional considerations with getting the most value for their dollar after feed prices skyrocketed this winter as a result of last ...

A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as 82 percent, according to new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results, ...

The cattle have been quarantined at a Texas feed lot since last week as the Food and Drug Administration investigated whether a Purina Mills Inc. plant violated a federal ban on feeding beef ...

Winter-feeding beef cattle on hay and pasture fields can minimize labor of hauling manure while still distributing fertilizing nutrients. (Wyatt Bechtel) By Wyatt Bechtel March 19, 2018 ...