Many ranchers have cattle out on big pastures or rangeland for summer grazing. It’s not as easy to check on them regularly or ...

Ohio State Extension educator Daniel Lima delves into cattle grazing habits, breed traits and tips to improve pasture health ...

There is a new fuzzy face in town. Board of Health member Ronald J. Hurley recently brought home Geri, a 3 1⁄2-month old ...

Roughages can be provided in a variety of forms, from more common forage crops such as corn silage and alfalfa hay to ...

CLAVET, Sask. — Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and ...

The seasonal variability of distillers grains, a byproduct of ethanol production, has been one drawback of using it in a cattle finishing ration. New research from the University of Nebraska — Lincoln ...

Slick bunk management is when cattle clean their bunks 24 hours after feeding. Slick bunk management is the process of prescribing the appropriate amount of feed to cattle every day.

“We had to shovel out the cattle bunks, so they could eat, and the hog feeders had to be scooped out,” Clarice Megard said.

Breeding dairy herds for feed efficiency can be negatively impacted on-farm by managing lactating cows in mixed parity groups. This is because of competition at the feed bunk and a reduction in ...

Bunks are clean, waterers clear and cattle quiet. Not a day goes by that a pen isn’t fed within an hour’s deviation at the Carpenter yard. You can find Wayne himself in the feed truck most mornings.

Automated bunk management for operations of all sizes and locations could soon be a reality thanks to an innovation which can be used with or without a bunk scanner to increase lot feeding capability.