Producers may be digging deep into their pockets to purchase fertilizer this year. However, such an investment might not be necessary for fields where corn and small grains follow alfalfa...

With China being the source of many of our livestock vitamin supplies, the cost of vitamin supplementation has taken a significant turn upward during the past couple of years...

Feeding dairy cattle high-forage diets can improve overall herd health, improve milk component levels, and lower feed costs...

A severe case of sticker shock is sweeping across the forage industry as producers watch fertilizer prices climb higher and higher...

Most grazing systems are anchored by perennial forages, which means there are parts of the year when pasture productivity will take a plunge...

With fertilizer currently priced at about $1 per unit of nitrogen, farmers and extension specialists are turning over every rock to try to find economical means of producing forage without buying a lot of nitrogen...

Ringing in the new year often encourages people to declare resolutions. Cow-calf producers among this group of goal-setters may resolve to enhance livestock production, and to do this they must...

Photo: Eldon Cole, University of MissouriThe symptoms of a bad case of fescue toxicity are well-documented. One symptom — fescue foot — can become more apparent when temperatures drop during the w...

Snow isn’t the only thing cattle might be sinking their hooves in this season. Mud may also cover fields when hay is fed in the winter, and it can lead to more than just a mess. Mud can reduce anima...

We’ve now turned the calendar to a new year, and this is a good time to take stock of stored forage inventories, knowing that any forage additions at this point can only be accomplished by withdrawa...