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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Livestock guardian dogs spend their days protecting animals around the farm, and while napping on the job isn’t exactly encouraged ...

Hay storage is crucial for maintaining crop quality and quantity. Is your storage method reducing losses or contributing to ...

Good cow nutrition is crucial following calving to get cows rebred. Let’s look at the reason for using our top tier hay after calves hit the ground. Because cows experience a lot of stress after ...

Feed costs make up the largest expense in a cow-calf operation. While hay is often used to feed cows through the winter, current prices make corn a competitive option to feeding hay. Considering corn ...

Rancher Robert Puga's cattle had been stranded and starving in the snow for weeks. "We've never seen record snow like this, ever. And we're losing cattle left and right," Puga said. His ranch is in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While some cows spend their long, hard days grazing or producing milk, longhorn cattle from Silverado Ranch in Monument just won’t get off Twitter. The cows ...

Record-setting winter storms have battered California. In the northern part of the state, an unusual rescue operation is underway to airdrop hay to stranded cattle. California has been buried by ...