For the past 50 years, the Sleichter family has provided the hay for the bucking horses and bulls at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. It started in the 1970s with Jack Sleichter, who was ...

Missouri ranks eighth in the nation in hay production, producing 4.83 million tons per year, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Hay is a major feed for beef production and other ...

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

Hay requires a lot of heat from the sun and air to dry the grass. Former councilor and hay farmer Mohamud Abdirahman Adan at a haystack Hay is grass, legumes, or other green plants that have been cut ...

As producers prepare for winter weather and take stock in their hay supplies, it is important to consider hay feeding management. We know that hay feeding reduces financial efficiency. In fact, OSU ...

Many animals store food in preparation for winter or just to be eaten later. Bears and wolves are among those that stash prey remains, with the intent of retrieving them later (if nobody steals them).

WALLOWA COUNTY — With the rains apparently done for a while, Wallowa County farmers in late June were making hay while the sun shone, mowing their first cutting of alfalfa across the county. “It looks ...

This phrase baffled me when I was young. What did it really mean? My friend Kevin, who grew up on a farm and taught me about baling hay, told me that it has two meanings. The first, literally, was to ...

I am a regular reader of your weekly column. Thank you for the good work you are doing in educating us on many topics in livestock keeping. Like any other farmer, I have had great challenges with feed ...