When dining at a new restaurant and the eating utensil is unexpectedly chopsticks instead of a fork, it can make for a challenging experience. Similarly, newly weaned calves also have to adjust when ...

When driving in Kansas, it is easy to spot big, round hay bales that are wrapped in plastic and ready to be fed to cattle. When it is time to feed the bale, some producers put the hay with the wrap on ...

Cattle producers liquidated their herds this summer with drought across much of cattle country. They also faced poor pasture and winter wheat conditions. So, what does that mean for the fall cattle ...

Which stories caught the most attention in 2025? From New World screwworm (NWS) to cattle inventory levels and hay ...

If you didn’t make hay, what could you do instead? Carson Roberts, Missouri extension state forage specialist, says the consensus in the beef industry is making your own hay is the cheapest way 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 ...

For most small-scale farmers, the biggest challenge is deciding where to start, beginning with what the land can ...

SEBEKA, Minn. — The cows aren’t complaining about the ample green grass under their hooves at Full Circle Ranch. And that leaves the cattle producers knowing their work is paying off. The mostly ...

Live cattle closed the Monday session with contracts down 15 to 87 cents across most contracts, as June was the lone higher contract, up 15 cents. Cash trade was slow to develop last week, with sales ...

Missouri Extension releases updated beef cattle enterprise budgets showing improved cow-calf margins but challenges for other ...