Drovers

Winter Hay Supplies Getting Low? Consider Limit-Feeding Grain to Your Cows

Limit-feeding corn grain can be economically advantageous when the price of hay becomes too high due to short supply.
Drovers

Cattle on Feed Suggests Continuing Tight Supplies and Limited Heifer Retention

University of Kentucky's Burdine says low domestic cattle inventory, combined with the ban on live cattle imports from Mexico ...
The Fence Post

Cow nutrition considerations at calving and early lactation

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...
AgWeb

Cattle on Feed Placements Down 10%: Is Heifer Retention Beginning?

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on September 1, 2025. The inventory was 1% below ...
Agweek

Is your feed high enough quality to keep your cattle growing and healthy?

Ranchers need to ensure they're providing feeds that meet nutritional requirements, including micro and macro nutrients and ...
WRTV

Bracing for the bitter cold: How Indiana farmers keep their cattle safe

As we prepare for temperatures to drop on Friday, livestock farmers have been busy this week prepping their livestock for the ...
ucdavis.edu

Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%

First-Ever Study To Test Seaweed on Grazing Cattle Reducing Methane Emissions in Grazing Cattle More Difficult Than Feedlot or Dairy Cows Nearly 40% Reduction in Methane Emissions Plays Role in ...