Auburn's Max Runge shares four considerations for famers considering using crop residue to custom grow cattle.

“Now is the time to prepare forage and cattle for the fall and winter grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Proper management of cattle and ...

Due to several issues, there will be open fields this winter that could be prime candidates for a spring forage crop. Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for farmers. Typically in ...

Many different varieties of forage can be used as cover crops. A cover crop can serve many different purposes, one of those ...

Many area livestock producers have low forage supplies as a result of slow spring pasture growth, delayed planting, limited production of cover crops and/or reduced cool-season plant development.

January brought some drier weather, allowing us to lift the last of the fodder beet and drill the remaining winter oats. Last year was challenging for growing forage crops, with an arid start to ...

Striving to produce more milk from home-grown forage is part of a wider ambition to reduce bought-in feed costs and improve business sustainability for the Dilks family. Ross Dilks farms with his ...