After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...

Applications are now open for USDA’s new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program which aims to ...

For example, 1 lb. of straw with an NDF of 76% can substitute for 2.25 lb ... This relationship isn’t as true for corn silages. Thus, forage NDF in high hay crop forage diets will be better related to ...

It is never too early for a farmer and rancher to prepare for his taxes, writes Shannon Sand with Nebraska Extension.

Consider, for example, the advances in bale package sizes ... including the amount of available carbohydrates in the forage crop, air circulation in the hay stack, relative humidity in the storage ...

StockSmart is a new decision support tool that can be used to calculate stocking rates for cattle, horses, and sheep on any ...

Paul Locher explains how early settlers of Ohio country would have harvested corn, detailing the tools they would have used.

Balanced diet, effective breed and manure management and precision dairy farming technologies could improve dairy ...

The enormous success included residents placing traps and reporting sightings, as well as researchers tracking a live hornet ...

For example, heat stress is reducing milk yields ... Innovative solutions, such as hydroponics and climate-resilient forage crops including Bajra, Napier and millets, address fodder shortages in ...

As the world copes with the impacts of climate change, sustainable agriculture and resilient crops are more important than ever. Enter Onobrychis viciifolia (commonly known as sainfoin), a versatile ...