For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf ...

Labels like organic and grass fed may seem interchangeable when comparing your beef selection, but there's a world of ...

State hay market summaries for the week ending March 15, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News ...

“It was designed to help rank the potential energy intake of different hays by lactating dairy cows. And it does this quite well, especially for legumes like alfalfa.” Grass hay ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average ...

It's well known that most conventionally produced "industrial" beef in the U.S. is produced in large feed lots, where cattle ...

The more time that cattle can graze without needing hay, the more profitable they will be. Today there are new forage varieties and “cover crops” that can fill some gaps in the grazing ...

Experts say this study's finding makes sense because it's less efficient to produce grass-fed cattle than their industrial ...

Kansas hay market summary for the week ending March 22, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News ...