It’s inevitable; winter weather always leads to cattle producers feeding their livestock supplemental forage, something that can be quite costly depending on the hay’s quality and availability. Kansas ...

Topper’s horns were wedged tight in the metal hay feeder. While reaching for a tasty bit of hay, he pushed his head into the feeder and turned his horns just so. Like a Chinese finger trap, the feeder ...

“I need 1,150 bales of hay for winter feed to keep my cows. We are slowly getting there, but it has been pretty dry,” Dvorak said. Ranchers not receiving moisture won’t be able to plant a cover crop ...

PARKER COUNTY -- North Texas ranchers are donating hay and delivering it to the Texas panhandle, helping out as wildfires threaten to starve thousands of cattle. "Those cattle, all their feed burned ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered by the coming storm signaled by the sound of thunder. “Thunder means lightning, and ...

With the current cost of feeds including hays, combatting waste is a good way to save some money. There are several shapes and sizes of hay from small square bales, rounds bales to large square bales.

A new report from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says livestock and dairy receipts will exceed commodity receipts this year. Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven; ...

Rising corn prices have driven up the cost of feeding cattle, wiping out profits for feedlot operators and adding another element of uncertainty for West River ranchers looking to sell this spring's ...