Just about all dairy farmers in the U.S. supplement the forages they feed their dairy cows with grain. The most common grain fed is corn. It’s high in starch and is often the cheapest energy source we ...

South Dakota cattle feeder Steve Masat of Redfield, South Dakota, and Rick Woehlhaff, owner of the Glacial Lakes Livestock in Watertown, South Dakota, reflect on market trends and feed supplies for ...

Cash corn prices in Kansas were over $7 per bushel in the first four months of 2023, peaking in February at $7.35 per bushel. Michael Langemeier. (Courtesy photo.) The average corn price in August, ...

The Smith family captures value from cover crops twice—first as high-quality cattle feed and then as biological fuel for ...

Beef producers make decisions about what to feed their animals daily and the answer often depends on the age and sex of the animal and what its job in the herd is. When deciding which type of feed to ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average year of ...

EYOTA, Minn. — Expect to pay more to feed dairy cows because of the rising demand of corn in the ethanol industry. "This shows that the competition with the ethanol industry for grain is not going to ...

As seed companies phase out brown midrib corn silage hybrids, producers are reevaluating how to maintain forage quality and ...

WAVERLY — Cornfields may be bare, but not barren. Monday’s weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather Report indicated the state’s corn harvest is nearly complete. Only 4 percent of ...

Demand for dietary energy in feed rations is pulling distillers’ grains into feed formulas in place of corn, but also displacing some soybean meal in the process. “The biggest product distillers’ ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept 21 (Reuters) - Mike Yoder's herd of dairy cattle are living the sweet life. With corn feed scarcer and costlier than ever, Yoder increasingly is looking for cheaper alternatives ...