He said the research is focusing on finding good forages that cattle can graze in the winter, even in some snowfall, so ranchers can save some on hay. The research compares the nutritional response of cows grazing in the fall and winter on a certain type of pasture grass called Altai wildrye, versus windrowed millet, then windrowed corn and standard mixed grass prairie plus grass hay. In this region of the country, especially, a major part of calf production costs are associated with...

By early- to mid-May, it will be producing seed heads and when this happens it loses grazing value, so Volesky encourages producers who have cheat grass to watch its growth and graze it when it is young. I have also seen that downy brome or cheat grass will probably be quite abundant this spring. Early April is the time when producers might consider planting oats for additional pasture or hay. You need to consider stocking rates, turnout dates and pasture use sequence in preparing for the...

The four different kinds of forage fed to the horses had been made from the same paddock of grass, all of which was cut at the same time. The study involved four kinds of preserved forage - grass baled and wrapped with three different moisture contents, and hay. They never left this in preference to any of the other feeds, and ate up to 90 per cent of what was offered, compared with only 23 per cent of the hay. While hay has been the winter staple for domesticated horses since the Dark...

The Agency imposed the movement restrictions on November 18, 2006, after a load of cattle feed ingredient suspected of containing a very small amount of meat and bone meal was reportedly distributed to two feed mills in Ontario and Quebec. The Agency is currently conducting further analysis at the feed mill and on farms to determine if any of these animals did not consume the feed of concern and can be excluded from movement controls. Information subsequently collected and validated has...

In the Sahel, a livelihood zone characterized mainly by transhumant pastoralism and pearl millet production (figure 1), the levels of on-farm reserves are relatively low in villages like D ou and Tinakoff in Oudalan province and virtually nonexistent in other villages like Gorgadji, in Soum. Despite limited pasture resources and animal watering problems in the North and the Sahel, terms of trade for livestock/grain are still in favor of pastoralists in most parts of the country. In the...

He said he still doesn't know how the horses ingested the cattle feed. Veterinarian Don Hoenig said tests performed on the dead horses' manure validated the presence of an anti-bacterial additive in cattle feed. He said his tests reveal no contamination of the horses' feed at the farm in Searsport. The problem is that the substance -- called monensin -- is deadly when given to horses. Hoenig said the case represents the first of its kind in his 21 years in Maine. Use the form below to...