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Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab utilizes manure analysis to provide precise data on forage quality and livestock nutritional demands, empowering livestock producers to make informed management decisions and improve operational efficiency. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Animal Health, Arkansas, Beef, beef, Colorado, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Feeder, Forage Crops, Iowa, Kansas, Livestock, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Seedstock, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas, Wyoming

Drought challenges livestock producers

Drought-stressed forage can carry dangerous nitrate levels, requiring livestock producers to test feed and manage cattle diets carefully. Read More

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)
Central Region, Hay Range Pasture, Nebraska, Wildlife

Nebraska Hay and Forage Hotline connects producers following wildfires

Black Angus cow in tall fescue. (Adobe Stock │ #663974851 - jackienix)
Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture

High nitrogen prices force a closer look at the numbers

A herd of cattle grazing in South Dakota. (iStock │ #184885392 - RiverNorthPhotography)

Rhoden order to help hay haulers

  • August 7, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial

Deere unveils 6R series tractor 

  • June 13, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial
Herd of grazing cows on a vast field. (Adobe Stock-#168421307 │ Maryna Konoplytska)

Nebraska Extension to host webinar on planting annual forages under irrigation

  • March 17, 2026
  • By Aaron Berger | Nebraska Extension
Gov, Jim Pillen signs executive order. (Courtesy photo.)

Gov. Pillen signs ag supplies aid order

  • March 17, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial
Marty Bender Nature Area. (Courtesy photo.)

The Land Institute to have ‘community days’

  • March 16, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial

Wet conditions can cause more problems than the obvious ones with hay 

  • March 13, 2026
  • By Kylene Scott
Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)

Opportunity key to developing hay and alfalfa markets

  • March 13, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier

Consider grazing-friendly alfalfa varieties for pastures 

  • March 13, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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