One way to make a living as a farmer is to grow grass for sale to livestock keepers. Normally animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle graze in the bush eating the grass that there is for them to ...

Forage expert: Crop planting, hay harvest on a collision course. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Poor spring weather could throw another curve at farmers already behind in the count on crop planting. Alongside ...

The prices of the bots depend on how much fodder they can produce per day (those that harvest more fodder cost less per ton produced). Bots that grow one ton of fodder per day start at $233,000.

A forage harvester like Froese wants to be in contact with a client several weeks in advance. His end goal is to achieve the best quality feed for their needs, “because we all know that weather ...

Many area livestock producers have low forage supplies as a result of slow spring pasture growth, delayed planting, limited production of cover crops and/or reduced cool-season plant development.

BROOKINGS - Fall forage harvest has begun at South Dakota State University. "Forage production continues to be an important part of South Dakota livestock production," said David Casper, Assistant ...

As calving has finished for the majority of cow-calf producers and the pairs are out to grass, attention is turning to harvesting forage for this coming winter. Because input costs have increased ...

PPG urged the two levels of government to set aside funds for harvesting and storage of fodder before drought strikes again. by The Star News 04 February 2024 - 18:00 ...