Recently I sat down with a producer about modifying his forage plan for the farm he manages. He wanted to reduce his need for ...
On a recent bright spring morning, on a green hillside high above the blue Pacific in Jenner Headlands Preserve, a traffic jam has formed. A line of nervous black-and-white cows and calves are frozen ...
On a farm in coastal Maine, a barn is going up. Right now it’s little more than a concrete slab and some wooden beams, but when it’s finished, the barn will provide winter shelter for up to six cows ...
WELLS COUNTY, N.D. -- Look across this landscape of rolling hills, lush grass and small wetlands, and it’s easy to see why North Dakota’s Missouri Coteau is considered one of the most important ...
Turnout dates for spring-calving herds should not be dictated by a silage shortage. Businesses must plan to have enough forage of milking-cow quality on hand to supplement poor grazing conditions (or ...
According to Dutch researcher Liesbeth Bakker, rabbits prefer grassland grazed by cows. The rabbits benefit from grass that has been grazed short by the cows as this is of a good quality. Furthermore, ...
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