Watch this video to see haying equipment from a grease zerk’s view, and learn best practices to reduce leaf loss. 

If a baler were a cow, we could install a cannula into the baler’s belly and watch the internal action. We could install cameras in the throat, the rumen and the nether parts – or the correlating baler parts, such as at the pick-up teeth, the knotter, the cutter, the plunger, and all the way out to the loader and truck.

Check out images from Pagel’s Ponderosa, a 5,000-cow dairy near Casco, Wisconsin.

Tarter, a 70-year-old manufacturing company of farm and ranch equipment, is pleased to announce the latest addition to their Cattlemaster Series of cattle chutes.

A clear majority of Progressive Forage Grower readers are planning to use silage inoculant this year.

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), along with the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), recently completed two National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) foreign animal disease scenario tabletop exercises. The agencies discussed how to properly implement biosafety measures and testing procedures in the event of a suspect foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak.

The Midwest has the potential to capture its share of growing domestic and global dairy demand opportunities, according to a recent economic study funded by Midwest Dairy Association through the dairy checkoff.

Four individuals who have been catalysts for the beef industry and inspired others to do the same were honored July 29 during the sixth annual Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame banquet in Westminster, Colorado.

What do consumers think about production practices?The Consumer Image Index, funded by the beef check-off, is a national survey of consumers’ thoughts about beef. Part of the most recent survey examined what consumers think about how beef is produced, and also how chicken is produced. Some findings:

The entry deadlines for this year’s World Forage Analysis Superbowl are quickly approaching.