Jan. 9, 2024
Cattle are by far the largest consumers of alfalfa, but what if this forage could feed humans, too?...


Jan. 2, 2024
It’s been another year of ups and downs on farms and ranches. If you weren’t locked in on eHay Weekly every Tuesday morning, here’s a list of the 10 most popular articles that filtered through y...


Jan. 2, 2024
Paul Beck feels that the better growing conditions for hay this past year in Oklahoma opens some opportunity to use high-quality hay as a beef cow supplement going through winter. The same may be true...


Dec. 26, 2023
The possibilities are plentiful when it comes to feeding cattle in the winter. Grazing options include stockpile grazing, bale grazing, and windrow grazing, to name a few...


Dec. 26, 2023
Leasing a pasture is a common practice regardless of where you hang your hat. What isn’t common is for any two pasture rental agreements to be exactly alike...


Dec. 19, 2023
Alfalfa and corn silage work better together, whether it be in cropping rotations or dairy cow rations. Despite the dynamic of the duo, though, alfalfa acreage and inclusion rates have bee...


Dec. 19, 2023
Vitamin A is an essential nutrient for humans and cattle alike. Our ruminant counterparts convert beta carotene found in plant leaves into vitamin A, which is necessary for vision, immune function, an...


Dec. 12, 2023
Before the onset of using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) as a forage testing tool, there were good reasons why few farmers didn’t routinely test forages...


Dec. 12, 2023
Annual ryegrass may have merit in some forage systems, but this cool-season species can be the bane of Southern hayfields...


Dec. 5, 2023
Although meteorological winter began on the first of the month, astronomical winter doesn’t commence for a couple weeks...