LINN, Mo. — Toward the end of months of feeding hay, producers are looking forward to turning cattle out on lush spring forage growth.
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Recent moisture should provide a much-needed boost to pastures as spring nears.
Ice sheeting can have a lethal effect on forage crop stands. Typically, ice sheeting occurs on poorly drained areas of a field where water congregates, but it can occur over an entire field. Ice sheets form following freezing of standing water resulting from melting of snow or from rainfall in winter and spring followed by freezing temperatures.
As the calendar crawls closer toward the end of winter, keeping cows in good body condition score can be a challenge, but it is an important t…
Green grass is still weeks away, but pasture preparation should be starting very soon.
Pregnancy checking cattle can help producers make a variety of management decisions on the farm. Aaron Berger, University of Nebraska beef Ext…
The newly formed Northern Plains Forage Association aims to promote sustainable, quality, profitable forage production.
While we are still early in the new year, it is time to start thinking about any spring annual forages that we might plant. Part of the proces…
South Dakota and surrounding Northern Plains states are home to a new group, the Northern Plains Forage Association.
A Kansas State ag policy professor gives an overview of insurance options for livestock producers.
Many farmers are looking for ways to enhance their operations through increased efficiency and decreased cost of feed. Grazing annual forages may be the ticket producers need to achieve both these goals.
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — At Missouri Farm Bureau’s annual meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks, guest speakers talked about the opportunities and chall…
Drought conditions resulted in more corn acres ending up as silage in 2022, but for producers who use silage as a regular part of their cattle…
To help producers manage previous drought conditions and prepare for continuing drought, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering three informational meetings.
Many livestock producers across the Midwest are dealing with challenging forage situations heading into winter, with summer drought shortening…
"So many heartbreaking decisions being made by producers this year demanded by Mother Nature’s fire, hail and lack of moisture."
BAYLIS, Ill. — Managing rising input costs is a big battle for beef producers this year.
John Deere has added three new Deere-powered self-propelled forage harvesters to its lineup – the 9500, 9600 and 9700. John Deere expanded the…
Some areas of Missouri continue to battle drought conditions, even as other regions have received significant summer rainfall. August has prov…
Forage growers in Nebraska, South Dakota and the surrounding areas can experience hands-on and classroom learning and networking in a field da…
While farmers cannot control rainfall, there are things they can manage to make each hay cutting the best it can be.
While farmers cannot control rainfall, there are things they can manage to make each hay cutting the best it can be.
“In the past the livestock sector was left behind. Not anymore.”
Hot weather in late June and less rain gave producers an opportunity to catch up on putting up hay.
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