The year was dry, forage is limited, last winter’s feed shortage is frozen into your memory, and you have cows to feed. With these thoughts in mind, maybe you harvested hay from the roadside—“ditch ...

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 ...

Some basic rules of thumb to follow when determining the hay supplies you will need to sustain your cow herd over the winter and into next spring. Determine your average mature cow size. This can be ...

While Nebraska hay production has improved since 2022 (see Figure 1), proactively planning hay needs this fall, winter, and ...

The winter feeding season is rapidly approaching and beef producers need to supply supplements that meet the nutritional requirements of cattle. A killing frost is a good signal to begin supplementing ...

Ohio experienced historic drought this year, forcing some farmers to haul thousands of gallons of water to keep their crops and animals alive. In a normal summer, Trista Nelson’s herd of cattle spend ...

SANBORN, Minn. — It’s the time of the year where cattle producers are starting to get their herds ready to endure the cold winter months. Troy and Hilary Paplow, manage Graff Feedlots in Sanborn, ...

Amy and Steve Swenka, who own Double G Angus Farms, carry out feed for their young Angus bulls on Jan. 19, at Double G Angus Farms in Tiffin. After another year of drought, livestock feed is scarcer ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This winter’s heavy snowfall and cold temperatures forced some Montana ranchers to take cattle ...

California has been buried by record-breaking snowfall this winter, and some parts of the state that rarely see much snow have gotten loads of it. MICHELLE BUSHNELL: Every single morning, it's another ...

A CalFire helicopter transports hay bales to cattle in Humboldt County. (photo: CalFire) Miles of deep snow stranded as many as 1,300 head of cattle from their ranchers in Humboldt County last week, ...