Hay is a staple feed for livestock in the southern Unites States, providing protein, energy, and fiber. It has been a tough year for good hay production and producers are trying to utilize any ...

Cattle producers in some parts of the country had to adjust quickly from too dry to too wet this year. Hay that gets rained on while it’s still in the windrow will lose nutritional value, but if it’s ...

You’re supposed to “make hay while the sun shines.” But what happens when it doesn’t shine? For Justin Weatherford, of Florence, S.D., the wet summer and early fall meant putting up about two-thirds ...

Damaged, rained-on hay. Nearly everyone has to feed it sometime. How should your feeding practices be adjusted, though, to account for any damage caused by the rain? Rain can have numerous effects on ...

A few mid-valley farmers and ranchers were fortunate enough to put up hay while the sun shone in the mid-valley a few weeks ago, but many more are anxiously waiting to get forage into bales due to ...

If this year has been good for anything, it’s been sweet clover – as evidenced by the yellow countryside across the area. A good source of nutrition for cattle when the plants are young, sweet clover ...

A lot goes into making high-quality hay. Perhaps the primary way to produce the kind of hay that will give top milk and meat production is to cut the hay at the optimum stage of maturity. Whether it’s ...

Dec. 23—As far as livestock are concerned, there is no right answer when it comes to choosing round or square hay bales on a homestead. They will happily munch on baled hay and feed regardless of its ...

You're supposed to "make hay while the sun shines." But what happens when it doesn't shine? For Justin Weatherford, of Florence, S.D., the wet summer and early fall has meant putting up about ...