For the health-conscious consumer, time spent reading the nutrient profiles of food packages is an important strategy to maintain a well-balanced diet. In much the same way, beef producers who know ...

Hay can’t be evaluated by touch, smell, color or any other on-the-spot technique. To get a true measure of forage quality, hay has to be tested. At a recent meeting of the Wilkes County, Georgia, ...

Rain and colder weather are signs of the beginning of winter and time for cattle producers and horse owners to start feeding hay. The first step in developing a hay-feeding program is to test all hay ...

When livestock producers buy hay, they usually think in terms of how many tons they need to feed their livestock through the winter, said David Fernandez, Extension livestock specialist and interim ...

One of the first considerations when purchasing hay is that it should be based on individual animal requirements. For optimal production, forage quality should be matched as closely as possible to the ...

When it gets cooler and spring and summer grasses stop growing, unless ranchers plant winter grass, they have to feed their cattle hay that they’ve grown or purchased. And just like when you’re ...

KSU has opened an extension office in Barren County with a new hay testing lab. It's hay cutting season for Kentucky farmers and there's a new resource to improve profits. Kentucky State University ...

COLLEGE STATION -- An inexpensive hay test can offer the best guidance as to how much supplemental feed is required for a beef cattle herd and, at the same time, save ranchers money, according to a ...

Cattle producers in some parts of the country had to adjust quickly from too dry to too wet this year. Hay that gets rained on while it’s still in the windrow will lose nutritional value, but if it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 29—A great and easy way to get your hay tested for free is to enter either a square bale or a large trash bag full of hay in ...