Finding your way in the cattle business would be easier if you could simply turn on navigation and follow the arrow. This isn’t the case. Mapping out your farm and ranch plan is an extensive task.

A tight hay supply continues to elevate hay prices, especially when compared to softening grain prices. Thus, many cattle producers are looking at alternative feedstuffs instead of purchasing hay.

Utilizing tillable acres to provide feed for cattle while still harvesting a cash crop is becoming a popular goal for farmers.

Cattle consuming plants experiencing drought stress or plants harvested during drought conditions can be at higher health risks. So what risks are there with feedstuffs during a drought?

We all aspire to exercise better stockmanship, and handling animals correctly is a big part of that goal. 

Feed cost, labor cost and availability, equipment cost and availability, calf marketing strategy, herd genetics, forage availability and cow age are all factors to consider when deciding to creep feed.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, Progressive Dairy Editor Jenn Coyne visits with Brent and Nancy Wilson of Wilson Centennial Farms in Michigan. The couple and their sons, Tyler and Ben, work in partnership on the dairy and crop farm operation. Over the years, the Wilsons have been recognized for their dedication to milk quality and production, as well as regularly participating in cutting-edge industry research trials.

In a graduate-level nutrition class, I had an exchange with a professor that I still remember.

As breeding season approaches, it is worth reminding that timely supplementation to first-calf heifers may be warranted.