Ranching has traditionally been a rough occupation, riding fast and agile horses to wrangle wild cattle, but this is changing ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Precise feed rations are critical to maintaining a healthy cattle herd in the most efficient way possible. Slick bunk management is the process of prescribing the appropriate amount ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — When feeding cattle, it’s important to know the nutrition within your feed ratio. “When we go to feed our cattle, we want to make sure that what we’re feeding them meets the goals ...

JEFFERSON, Tx. - Deer Run Ranch in Jefferson, Texas, has been studying how to solve an age-old problem by finding an innovative way to feed cattle bagasse, a waste byproduct of sugarcane. The family ...

Cereal rye grain possesses many uses within crop and livestock production. Growers make rye part of their corn-soybean crop rotation to boost yields, while ranchers needing an alternative feed might ...

Livestock production uses 80% of global agricultural land but delivers only 17% of total calorie supply. U.S. cattle inventory has dropped by over 34% since 1975, despite increasing population and ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...

New research from the University of California, Davis on feeding seaweed to grazing cattle shows that the practice could significantly reduce the greenhouse gases released by livestock, which produce ...

The December report showed cattle and calves on feed in large feedlots (greater than 1,000 head) totaled 11.727 million head on Dec. 1. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell says inventory levels ...