Hay season is always a challenge. In most years it seems the weather pattern never matches our grasses’ growth stage to harvest forage as dry hay at the peak of quality and quantity. We may luck out ...

“As hay season continues, I see a lot of large round hay bales being stored outside,” says University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist Patrick Davis. If hay is not stored properly ...

Each harvest season brings concerns regarding storage options for hay. Indeed, producers need to find ways to prevent shrink losses in their bunkers and storage systems. Hay storage losses are around ...

Cows, with their multiple stomachs, can digest all manner of plant material. Horses need hay, high quality hay. As a drought-caused hay shortages looms this winter, here's an interesting strategy to ...

Hay is a staple feed for livestock in the southern Unites States, providing protein, energy, and fiber. It has been a tough year for good hay production and producers are trying to utilize any ...

With the current cost of feeds including hays, combatting waste is a good way to save some money. There are several shapes and sizes of hay from small square bales, rounds bales to large square bales.

The fact that your grass is green doesn’t necessarily mean it is growing. At this time of year, many people think their grass is growing but, for the most part, it isn’t. The grasses are “greening up” ...

The Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) can provide cost-share for farmers to make improvements in genetics, grain storage, hay storage, livestock equipment, feed storage, cattle working ...

Using hay as one form of fodder for cattle, saves the farmer the hustle of walking long distances in search of pastures during the dry season. Unlike their counterparts in Kenya, very few farmers in ...