Cover crops can provide good grazing material for farmers with both row crops and cattle. Many farmers have diversified operations with both row crop production and livestock. Integrating those ...
Eating leftovers is a way for people to save money while still getting nutritious food. For beef producers, one way to extend the grazing days is to turn cattle out on crop fields after harvest, ...
“Now is the time to prepare forage and cattle for the fall and winter grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Proper management of cattle and ...
Many crop producers have concerns that cattle trampling could negatively affect soil physical properties and subsequent crop yields. However, research conducted at UNL has shown that grazing corn ...
Aside from a late October and a late December snow storm, much of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and eastern portions of North Dakota and South Dakota have enjoyed a mostly snow-free winter thus far. The ...
DOVER, Minn. — Alan Bedtka has experienced the financial and environmental benefits of incorporating livestock with a cropping operation on his farm in southeast Minnesota. "We do crops and pasture, ...
According to Water Education Colorado, beef cattle are the top agricultural commodity in our state, with nearly 2 million of those cattle and calves residing in Eastern Colorado. Simultaneously, ...
Many farmers have diversified operations with both row crop production and livestock. Integrating those aspects of the farm can be mutually beneficial, as cattle can graze cover crops and crop residue ...