Nutrition

Forage analysis can be a useful tool to remove some of the mystery concerning the hay that producers will feed this winter.

Aggressively monitor corn plant dry matter so you don’t miss silage harvest window.

An upcoming webinar will explore how to test and interpret urine pH in relation to dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) in dairy cattle.

Livestock producers can stretch short supplies of hay this year by using a simple ammonia treatment on bales, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Rusty Lee.

Be cautious when turning livestock into pastures with certain warm season grasses as toxic nitrate and prussic acid can accumulate in drought situations.

As autofeeders continue to grow in popularity, much can be learned from the farms that already are using them to rear their pre-weaned calves.

If you’re short on quality colostrum, can supplies from second milkings be used as “first feedings?”

Samples of baleage, commercial hay, dairy hay, grass hay and haylage due by Thursday, Aug. 30.

Don't panic if more than 15% of your cows have BHBA levels above 1.2 to 1.4 mmol/L.

The person who originated the adage, “It beats a snowbank” may have been thinking about feeding corn stalk bales. However, like most forages there can be quite a bit of variability in nutritional value.