“Open-bottom feeders make it easy for cattle to pull the hay out and increase waste,” she said. “Research shows that 16-21% of that original bale weight can get wasted with them due to ...

While many are enjoying the upturn in the cattle cycle, there is no better time to practice diligence and frugality to keep revenues in the business. As you are aware, feed costs constitute up to ...

Consider hay feeders or unrolling. Most farmers would agree that giving any type of livestock access to a bale of hay without a feeder leads to more waste.

Resulting haystacks were often massive structures, sometimes reaching heights of over 20 feet. Furthermore, they had a ...

A baby giraffe died at a zoo in North Dakota after its head got stuck in the cover of its hay feeder. Roosevelt Park Zoo, in an email to USA TODAY, said the baby giraffe Jabari was found dead in ...

Using a feeder is the best option for feeding hay, but some feeders are better than others. A ring feeder without a solid bottom can waste up to 20% of the hay. Adding a solid bottom to a ring ...

HOLDS 2-3 FLAKES OF HAY - this 22x8x25" hay bag with 3.5x1.75” rectangular openings holds approx. 2-3 flakes of Timothy, Orchard, Alfalfa, or any other type of hay.

When it comes to the question of hay vs haylage, most people have a personal preference about which they will feed their horse. There’s almost an element of rivalry between the two, which are ...

It’s a reality that hay feeding reduces the efficiency of beef cow entities. In fact, Darrell Peel has noted that feeding hay costs 2.5-5 times more than grazing.