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Effort will establish continuous improvement criteria and metrics focused on feed yards.

Research shows small amounts of calcium oxide can neutralize the acid in distillers grains, a commonly used alternative to corn in many livestock feed mixes.

Hint: This Midwestern state is more commonly known for growing corn and soybeans.

‘Super haylage’—with a NDF undigested 30 score of less than 15%--means more milk.

Recent data reveals that Earth’s groundwater supplies may be under some serious strain.

Figuring out how to grow, harvest, store and feed-out good hay crops and corn silage is key to managing your dairy’s risk.

Experts will help ranchers consider the importance of mineral nutrition for their cattle herds at a special one-day symposium.

EQIP funds can provide cost share funds for conservation practices such as a water trough system in pastures to allow additional cross fencing and sensitive wetland protection.

As Greg Dell reviews the three years he and his family have spent developing a succession plan for their Westminster, Md., farm, he remembers how overwhelmed everyone was by the process in the beginning.

Half of the Earth’s land mass is made up of rangelands, which include grasslands and savannas, yet they are being transformed at an alarming rate.