With good rainfall, the ryegrass can produce more forage than consumed by the producer's cattle. Haylage becomes an option for dealing with the extra production." Haylage is often called "hay-in-a-day ...

ST. PAUL - Can we get forage quality too high? That is a question I hear frequently. The answer to the question is ... it depends. It depends on what we are feeding it to, how much we are feeding, and ...

Three weather apps and a bespoke spreadsheet are helping to feed cows cost-effectively at Clive Hall Farm – despite more ...

After a busy spell keeping our ewes and cattle topped up with haylage because of limited grass growth, we’ve now moved into the season of electric fencing and winter grazing. We’re very fortunate to ...

OSAKIS, Minn. — James Maus painted a picture of what his farm looked like three years ago: A Harvestore and silo stored haylage and silage while his herd was milked in the adjacent 80-cow tie stall ...

It is difficult for cow-calf operations to be profitable if they don't design their animal nutritional programs around home-grown forage. The most economical source of forage is standing, good quality ...