Nutrition

For creep feeding to be profitable, the costs of the added weight gain must be less than the value of that gain.

Winter feeding of forage to beef herds doesn’t rank high as a favored job for herd owners. But there’s a bright side to feeding fescue, whether in hay or grass. Fescue toxins are down.

Forage sorghum silage in the Texas High Plains is a viable option with sugarcane aphid control, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service study.

We asked, you answered. Here’s a look at livestock owners’ opinions about hemp and its role in U.S. agriculture.

As cannabis in the form of industrial hemp receives crop status in the 2018 farm bill and a growing number of states have legalized medical marijuana and industrial hemp production, who will meet the need?

Medical goldmine, pipe dream or somewhere between?

Here's what you need to know about hemp as a feed ingredient for cattle.

Will hemp lead to happier cows? It’s too early to say, says Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

If the pasture of stockpile is heavy, then it can often be grazed even under fairly wet conditions without too much long-term damage but, you will need to have a watchful eye.

Success grass-fed beef production is dependent on several factors. 

Hay produced on irrigated grass and subirrigated meadows can be a potential supplementation source throughout Nebraska.

More than 1,500 cattlemen and women attend informative and engaging sessions to improve their business skills at the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Tradeshow.

Despite the important niche that tall fescue fills, there are important downsides to consider when grazing livestock on tall fescue grass.

The Washington Hay Growers Association represents the farmers growing feed and fiber crops that fuel global industries, from Northwest dairy cattle to pets large and small and livestock around the world.

During the winter months cattle experience cold stress anytime the effective ambient temperature (taking into account wind chill, humidity, etc.), drops below the lower critical temperature. Here's five tips.

No matter how hay is packaged, if you waste it, you lose money.

Acceptable substitute supplementation for distillers grains depends on the class of livestock fed, the basal diet available, and the desired performance.

Silage is often the base forage for the diets of growing cattle and the cow herd.  T

We are beginning to enter the last 3 months of gestation for the majority of spring-calving cows.

Managing cows through the winter provides different challenges compared to managing those same cows during the growing season.