The highest milk-producing cow produced 72,000 pounds in 305 days. That is more than three times the national average. Some stockers have more than 4 pounds per day gain on forage. Such high animal performance requires re-designed forage.

Agropur Inc., a North American processer of dairy products, is investing more than $55 million in its Weyauwega, Wisconsin, facility to increase its Feta cheese production capacity.

Crop rotations may benefit from high-yielding forages that are harvested as silage or hay and marketed to livestock producers. Traditionally, producers have focused on a few common crops for forage and silage production, such as corn and alfalfa, and for good reason.

With 468 entries from 25 states and provinces, the 2014 World Forage Analysis Superbowl was held during World Dairy Expo.

We were at a ranch at Tuscarora, Nevada, years back. It was wintertime and the ranch hands were getting ready to feed cattle. The first order of business was to get the teams up and harnessed so they could pull the wagons that would haul the day’s feed to the cattle.