It’s inevitable; winter weather always leads to cattle producers feeding their livestock supplemental forage, something that can be quite costly depending on the hay’s quality and availability. Kansas ...

Topper’s horns were wedged tight in the metal hay feeder. While reaching for a tasty bit of hay, he pushed his head into the feeder and turned his horns just so. Like a Chinese finger trap, the feeder ...

Bales of hay are headed to Plaquemines Parish to help cattle and horses impacted by Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says that the hay will be used to feed cattle ...

PARKER COUNTY -- North Texas ranchers are donating hay and delivering it to the Texas panhandle, helping out as wildfires threaten to starve thousands of cattle. "Those cattle, all their feed burned ...

With the current cost of feeds including hays, combatting waste is a good way to save some money. There are several shapes and sizes of hay from small square bales, rounds bales to large square bales.

“I need 1,150 bales of hay for winter feed to keep my cows. We are slowly getting there, but it has been pretty dry,” Dvorak said. Ranchers not receiving moisture won’t be able to plant a cover crop ...

When dining at a new restaurant and the eating utensil is unexpectedly chopsticks instead of a fork, it can make for a challenging experience. Similarly, newly weaned calves also have to adjust when ...

Cattle eat hay as sleet begins to fall. A skirt around the bottom of hay bale rings can help reduce hay waste. It’s important to maintain good cattle nutrition through winter, and this year could ...

Donations of hay, feed, fencing supplies, cow feed and milk replacer are needed to support livestock owners impacted by the devastating wildfires that have scorched ranchland across a large portion of ...

Rising corn prices have driven up the cost of feeding cattle, wiping out profits for feedlot operators and adding another element of uncertainty for West River ranchers looking to sell this spring's ...

It was chilly when I stepped outside to do the morning chores. It was really more than chilly. It was freezing, only 20 ...