When it comes to nutritional management of growing and finishing cattle, the scientific aspects tend to get the most attention. Hours are spent getting the formulations right and debating the merits ...

When it comes to nutritional management of growing and finishing cattle, the scientific aspects tend to get the most attention. Hours are spent getting the formulations right and debating the merits ...

Proper bunk management is the art of matching feed deliveries to the amount of feed cattle need for optimal performance. Underfeeding cattle results in poor gains and feed efficiency, longer days on ...

Kansas is home to 161,000 dairy cows, and the number grows each year with every large dairy that chooses to relocate to the Sunflower State. For nearly 20 years the Plains has been an ideal relocation ...

CRAWFORD - Farmhood Fields LLC, a proposed farm-to-table living community owned by Zeke Alenick, is suing the town over the right to build a cattle feed bunk on its Crans Mill Road property. Alenick ...

Water is arguably the most important nutrient. Newly arrived calves are thirsty, and many may be unfamiliar with automatic waterers. Strategies such as removing floats to expose open water, adjusting ...

Heifers can safely eat 20 percent less between weaning and breeding, according to a two-year study. Heifers being prepared for breeding don't have to eat like pigs, stuffing themselves at ...

Abstract: European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are a known risk factor for the occurrence of microorganisms that are pathogenic to cattle and humans in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

While it's not quite spinning straw into gold, Bob Batey is converting sawdust from his lumber mill into nutritious and palatable feed for his cattle. When Batey fills his feed bunks with the 70 ...

A New Mexico cattle producer has been feeding whole cottonseed for many years, and she believes other ranchers could also benefit from the additive. Alisa Ogden, Loving, New Mexico, lives on a ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Nutrition, water and shelter -- those are the keys to staying safe during this arctic air, and it applies to livestock as well. “We want to make sure that ranchers and caretakers ...