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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

Forage harvester on maize cutting for silage in field. (iStock-#1713783185 │ Frederick Doerschem)
Beef, Central Region, Nebraska, Regional Roundup

Silage for beef conference set for June 18

Little green plant on crack dry ground, concept drought. (Adobe Stock │ #197359617 - sawitreelyaon)
Arkansas, Drought, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup, Water, Weather

Arkansas drought lingers as nature moves beyond usual rainy spring

Hay (Photo courtesy MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

Regional hay school set for April 22 in Mount Vernon, MO

  • April 15, 2026
  • By University of Missouri Extension
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
Cows in the stable eat hay. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #322327093 - Lukas)

High quality hay after calving a must

  • February 17, 2026
  • By Ben Beckman │ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension

CLAAS earns two AE50 Awards

  • January 27, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial

Multi-purpose bucket streamlines dairy operations

  • December 9, 2025
  • By hpj-editorial

Deere unveils V452M round baler

  • November 2, 2025
  • By hpj-editorial

AAFH Ask the Harvester: Matt Forge, Forge Harvesting

  • October 20, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Cows grazing on sudangrass (Iowa State University Extension)

Forage Field Day in Western Iowa to focus on summer annuals

  • June 24, 2025
  • By Gail Carpenter and Shelby Gruss │ Iowa State University Extension
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