BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Producers looking for ways to reduce feed costs might consider grazing corn stalks, says Julie Walker, South Dakota State University Extension Service beef specialist and associate ...

Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...

In most years you probably should start grazing stalks as soon as possible. The nutrient value of stalks declines the longer they are exposed to weathering. Grazing stalks right away will put more ...

A cow’s intake and diet quality decrease the longer she is left in the field. When cattle graze corn residue, they select ...

Extended drought is challenging livestock producers to carefully manage their fall cornstalks grazing. High nitrate levels may be not only in rainfed (dryland) fields, but also in pivot corners or ...

Many crop producers have concerns that cattle trampling could negatively affect soil physical properties and subsequent crop yields. However, research conducted at UNL has shown that grazing corn ...

Snow has covered a lot of winter pasture acres for quite a few days already this winter. How has it affected your winter grazing? The heavy snow two weeks ago can affect the ability of your cattle to ...

If the weathermen are correct, it looks like it’s going to be a more normal weeks with more typical temperatures and little chance for rain. It should be a good week for harvest. Joe Luck, Nebraska ...

When it comes to feeding livestock, farmers and ranchers are leaving money on the table—or rather, on the ground. According to a 2019 research paper on the subject, it is both nutritionally and ...

Frost-damaged corn can have a moisture content of 70 percent to 80 percent, and it must be dried down to less than 20 percent to be suitable for baling. Early frost has damaged many acres of corn in ...