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 ...
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 ...
Other feed options are corn stalks and sorghum. Corn stalks are a good source of roughage, but they should be analyzed for nitrate content. They are low in protein -- about 4 or 5 percent -- and ...
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 ...
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 ...