When we combine the beef cow inventory of Tennessee with Kentucky, the number of cows managed pushes these states into the top five beef cow-calf states. The beef cow-calf sector of the southeastern U...

Beef cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding enterprises rely on the forages available to keep production costs low...

Forage quality test results can tell us a lot about a forage. However, we also need to consider aspects that could impact hay during storage...

For centuries, beef cattle production has relied on forages and grazing. Typically, the land resources utilized to support ruminant production are nontillable acres...

The beef industry has been an extensively managed production system for decades. Small profit margins have supported the necessity to minimize input costs...

Sorghum-sudangrass, sunflower and cowpea mixture planting to be grazed by beef cows during the transition from fescue to another forage species. Tall fescue comprises the main forage species...