If those 50 cows average 1,300 pounds, rather than 1,000 pounds, they will need about 2,300 pounds of hay a day. “If we are going to feed those 50 1,300-pound cows hay from Jan. 1 until April 10 ...

Beef producers with old hay stored on their operation ... that into the forage feeding strategy. This was the topic that Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute experts addressed on a ...

Thus, an example of a 14- to 15-pound daily ration for a 1,200-pound non-lactating cow would be 11 to 12 pounds whole corn, free choice salt and mineral and 3 pounds low-quality hay. Feeding a ...

A separate University of Missouri Extension publication titled “Reducing Losses when Feeding Hay to Beef Cattle” provided a comparison of potential dry matter loss between various feeding ...

But for much of the year, the region’s primary crops are alfalfa and other hay crops, which have one primary purpose: feeding beef and dairy cows in the U.S. and around the world. The valley is ...

As they digest grass and hay, cows produce significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas. In the quest to identify an alternative livestock feed, seaweed has emerged as a promising contender.

That means more byproducts are being used such as dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), oat hulls and screenings from ...