Every livestock producer understands the stakes: forage quality determines herd health, milk production and profitability. Yet many operations still lose 20–30% of nutritional value between field and ...

REARDAN, Wash. — About 150 hay farmers gathered in the Spokane Hutterian Brethren’s shop Jan. 30 to listen to Texas farmer T.J. Steele share tips for how to get more out of their hay balers. The ...

Every homesteader’s goal is to be as self-sustaining as possible. In trying to reach that goal, many of us raise animals. It’s difficult to keep many animals without hay, and conventional thinking ...

ARCHDALE, N.C. — For farmer Jay Hohn, the day begins early on his 80-acre farm — and often behind the wheel of a tractor. “I started farming doing row crops,” Hohn said. “I did that for several years, ...