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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Although there is some debate about the ideal corn silage moisture, most can agree on the point at which it is too dry

One of the reasons Northern alfalfa producers sometimes like to take a late cutting of alfalfa is to keep that brown, stemmy, overwintered fall regrowth from potentially lowering the quality

Most beef producers don’t realize how much of their production cost is accounted for by hay and feed

Forage producers across the country insured a record 290.6 million acres under the Pasture, Forage, and Rangeland (PRF) insurance program in 2023. So far this year, participants have received an avera

It’s not unusual to find various species of oak trees growing within or along the borders of pastures. In such situations, acorns can easily be found scattered on the ground during this time of year

Even with haying equipment parked in the shed for the season, the wheels of forage management shouldn’t stop turning

Like refrigerated foods left on the counter, bales stored outside have a greater risk of spoilage. Mark Johnson with Oklahoma State University suggests good hay storage is always important

By now, some of this year’s corn silage has been in storage long enough to have undergone fermentation and is ready to be fed

Feeding hay during winter is usually not up for debate. How hay is fed can and often should be.When temperatures drop to single digits, feeding hay is not the sort of activity that draws people to enter

Northern regions are expected to experience warmer temperatures this winter while southeastern states can anticipate higher rainfall, according to the U.S. Winter Outlook

“A lot of livestock producers like playing with the animals but forget to manage the forage along with them,” began Jeff Lehmkuhler at this year’s Beginning Grazing School held in Versailles,

How would you rate your forage quality going into winter?