Summer day campers hang out on the truck delivering hay to Miles Smith Farm in 2022. Farming may be hard work, but it’s tons of fun when you’re a child. Credit: Courtesy Farming is hard work but can ...

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.

There’s a consensus that making hay is the cheapest way to feed cattle through the winter, but University of Missouri Extension state forage specialist Carson Roberts disagrees. “This couldn’t be ...

RICHMOND — Hayley Sumner has begun a new protocol when she takes deliveries from farms for the horses she cares for: She closely inspects the bales of hay. When she feeds the rescued animals at ...

Cool-season grasses transition from the vegetative to the reproductive stage in May, making it the best time to harvest for yield and quality. Cut before seeds develop for best results. “Once they go ...

Let's start this off with a statement of fact about my opinion: I greatly dislike heat. Now, given the rough winter we endured what seems like a minute ago, I've mostly kept quiet with my complaints ...

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 ...