When the rain ends or slows and the sun comes out, it becomes time to put up hay according to Colin Hill, agronomy graduate assistant with University of Missouri Extension. “But, with all of the ...

Alfalfa growing in the field is 50 percent stem and 50 percent leaf. Most of the feed value is in the leaf and getting those leaves into the bale is critical to maximizing relative feed value, ...

Cattle producers in some parts of the country had to adjust quickly from too dry to too wet this year. Hay that gets rained on while it’s still in the windrow will lose nutritional value, but if it’s ...