Maintaining a healthy cow herd means maintaining a healthy rumen. Over the holiday season, humans may experience stomach ...

Shrinking cattle inventories in recent years leads to a wide range of impacts on the multi-sectored cattle industry.

Cow-calf production in the upper Midwest is not historically profitable every year without significant cost savings in winter ...

As St. Patrick's day approaches, grazing conditions seem to be favouring most farmers as dry, sunny spells improve grass ...

Join the Chippewa County Extension Office and the Chippewa Valley Forage Council for a Beef and Dairy Forage Seminar on March ...

The best time to prepare for drought is long before it arrives, Nebraska Extension specialist Jerry Volesky says.

Robotic milking can be a game-changer for labor efficiency, but it doesn’t totally eliminate hands-on work—especially when it ...

It turns out that while "grass-fed" is a regulated term, there is a lot of wiggle room, and "grass-finished" is a way for certain producers to assure customers about how much forage the cow was ...

Cows in good condition can handle cold temperatures ... grains like corn or energy-rich feeds like distillers grains. Good quality forage/hay can also help because the fermentation in the rumen ...

Karla Wilke, cow-calf and stocker management specialist ... in feeding a mixed ration because it can help him to stretch a forage resource, she said. The pasture could be utilized more efficiently ...