Eating leftovers is a way for people to save money while still getting nutritious food. For beef producers, one way to extend the grazing days is to turn cattle out on crop fields after harvest, ...

Some row-crop growers are converting acres, banking on long-term opportunities with beef. Others are staying the course with ...

Aside from a late October and a late December snow storm, much of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and eastern portions of North Dakota and South Dakota have enjoyed a mostly snow-free winter thus far. The ...

“Now is the time to prepare forage and cattle for the fall and winter grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Proper management of cattle and ...

Many crop producers have concerns that cattle trampling could negatively affect soil physical properties and subsequent crop yields. However, research conducted at UNL has shown that grazing corn ...

LITTLE ROCK (TBP) — Corn and soybean prices continue to soar upwards, but the lack of rain could eat into row crop farmers’ profits. Grain price hikes are negatively impacting cattle producers. Less ...

DOVER, Minn. — Alan Bedtka has experienced the financial and environmental benefits of incorporating livestock with a cropping operation on his farm in southeast Minnesota. "We do crops and pasture, ...

Livestock were in fair condition, with pastures greening up and winter annuals furnishing needed grazing. Producers had to feed less hay as a result. Peach trees were just starting to bloom earlier ...

AMES, Iowa – A new study co-authored by an Iowa State University researcher indicates that an increase in cattle production, and associated forage land, on Iowa’s agricultural landscape could lead to ...