Ohio cattle producers face poor forage quality after extreme weather. OSU Extension urges hay testing to balance rations and ...

November is a good time to review winter feeding plans, according to University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eric Meusch. “Forage growth has come to an end, so making sure producers have ...

URBANA - Feed costs represent over half the total cost in a cow-calf production system. The majority of feed costs are from feeding cows during the winter season when most grasses are dormant. As a ...

Feeding hay is one of the primary costs for any cattle operation, an expense some ranchers have worked to reduce by ...

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 year of ...

East Idaho rancher Matt Thompson knows there’s a payday coming if he can hold onto his cattle, as ranchers continue culling marginal livestock rather than feeding them extremely expensive rations ...

Escalating costs for hay and supplements have many cattle producers concerned, especially with very poor pasture conditions and limited hay supplies in some areas of the state. Current feed costs have ...

Before long these sunny days will turn to bone chilling winter mornings of breaking ice and haying cattle, and ranchers should be vigilant to not get left out in the cold when it comes to managing ...

FAULKTON, S.D. - Ranchers in parts of the Northern Plains face challenges caused by a combination of a drought last summer and a hard-hitting winter. Troy Hadrick is one rancher facing these ...

Jack Daniel’s is terminating a decades-long program that provided the company’s corn byproduct “slop” to local cattle farmers ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series about how ranchers are coping with drought conditions. TOWNER, North Dakota — Recent rains have made drought-stricken northern North Dakota ...

EUREKA, Calif. - As winter weather continues to pummel the state, emergency workers in Northern California have taken drastic measures to keep herds of cattle alive. Multiple cows have been dying off ...