COLUMBIA — Prolonged drought is prompting some Midwest farmers to sell discarded corn stalks to feed hay-deprived cattle. A source reports that area corn farmers are collecting stalks that usually are ...

Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Producers looking for ways to reduce feed costs might consider grazing corn stalks, says Julie Walker, South Dakota State University Extension Service beef specialist and associate ...

"For the past few weeks, we have been moving and rotating cows on corn stalks for the winter. Many ranchers do this to fatten ...

COLUMBIA — With hay fields singed by the drought and cattle farmers searching for feed, corn stalks have become a profitable commodity across the Midwest. The increased demand and rising price for ...

LA PORTE CITY, Iowa --- Corn plants are almost gone, but fields aren't empty. The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Weather Report said less than 7 percent of corn and very few soybeans ...

Some drought-stricken corn may have more value as cattle feed than grain this year. Droughty corn offers options when feed supplies are tight, but producers should think the process through, says ...

Given the corn price outlook, this is not the year to ignore any “sometimes a problem” pest like corn stalk borer -- especially if you’ve encountered it in corn before. It has a tendency to persist in ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Prolonged drought is prompting some Midwest farmers to sell corn stalks they typically would treat as waste to feed hungry, hay-deprived cattle. The Columbia Missourian reported that ...