Reflect on pasture performance, hay quality, winter readiness and farm stress after a challenging year for Ohio forage ...

A USDA file photo of a hay harvest in 2020 in Texas. Hay is in high demand as drought dries up pasture that cattle would normally graze. Drought across the Midwest and the Plains means pastures aren’t ...

Ohio farmers must supplement livestock energy as hay quality drops across 29 counties with costly winter feeding ahead.

With more than enough rain this year, Southeast Missouri beef producers hope what last year's drought did to hay production is but a memory. The lack of hay and alfalfa for feed hit area beef ...

Thirteen farms across Wisconsin that implement winter bale grazing were recruited to participate in this project. These farms ...

Miller, MO. — You’ve heard the term the grass is greener on the other side. Well, farmers would say the grass is greener where it rains. In Southwest Missouri, it hasn’t rained enough since June. The ...

Question: We purchased 10 acres and plan for part of it to be pasture, while the rest we want as a hay field. Can we use the same grasses for both purposes? Answer: Unfortunately, it is not ideal to ...

While thousands of cattle and horses have been displaced by the wildfires in eastern Montana, stockgrowers on the western side of the state brace for ripple effects to come later this summer. The ...

The lush green pastures that usually provide a summer’s worth of food for Robin Broughton’s horses have dried up, leaving only nubs of parched grass that poke out of the cracked earth. Her riding ...

Arkansas ranchers and hay farmers are in much better shape this year, with more hay harvested to date than in all of last year, agricultural experts say. With a first hay cutting complete, ranchers ...

This time of year, Davin Althoff's cattle usually have plenty of forage to graze on to get the fiber they need to stay healthy. But drought has left Althoff and many other producers struggling with ...