Whole cottonseed has a high level of both energy and protein, which makes it an all-purpose supplement that can help overcome deficiencies of each when cattle are grazing stockpiled tall fescue-based pastures during winter...

Oats have transitioned from one of the most commonly grown cereal grain crops in the U.S. to our best answer as a 9-1-1 emergency forage...

Searching for a silver bullet that will preserve wetter than desired hay has been a pastime for private companies, researchers, and hay producers for many years...

More than adequate snow cover has characterized the winter for a large swath of the northern U.S. and a fair number of central states...

It’s now been several years that we’ve known meadow fescue is a preferred perennial cool-season grass in mixtures with alfalfa, or at least in Northern latitudes this is the case...

As cows near the spring calving season, when you offer feed each day has an impact on the time of day when calves will be born...

Photo: NDSUThe concept is simple: grow corn and alfalfa in the same field during the same year. The execution is not necessarily as simple, and there is risk involved.What seemed an unlikely marriage...

Many spring-calving cows are either in or entering their final three months of pregnancy. Recognizing your cattle’s physical condition as well as their diet requirements during the last few months of gestation...

B.J. Marks, along with his father, Brad, have been doing custom baleage for about five years in the central Georgia Piedmont region...

Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) are becoming more popular among forage producers in locations where they historically haven’t been utilized...