A team of Kansas State University watershed specialists has revised a publication with tips on safeguarding the state’s water resources while providing grazing animals with the water they need. The ...

Due to low spring runoff and below-average precipitation, access to adequate, good-quality water will be a challenge for ...

Large numbers of livestock may be killed in winter storms. Wind coupled with severe or prolonged cold weather causes additional stress on livestock, increasing their need for food, water, and shelter.

There is an easy answer, and there is a right answer. A general guideline is that lactating cows need two gallons of water per 100 pounds of bodyweight per day. Bulls and dry cows need one to one and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — SDSU Extension is helping producers ensure their water quality is ready for livestock through on-site livestock water testing services. “We actually measure the total salt content ...

Research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recommends that beef cattle need about 1 gallon of water for every 100 pounds of body weight. But lactating or growing cattle may need twice that amount.

Cattle are being fed to heavier weights to meet market demand; this raises their risk for heat stress challenges.

LAKE CITY, MI – Two facts about Michigan agriculture are scarcely recognized outside the fences and beyond the drainage ditches of the state’s 45,000 farms. The first: farming is among the most ...

However, the increase in surface temperatures is causing profound alterations in the hydrological cycle, particularly in regions where water supply is currently dominated by melting snow or ice.

Bobbi Harrold runs a 400-some milker dairy out of Creswell, Oregon, and she says she could deal with a bit less paperwork, not more, on her farm. Holstein dairy cattle loaf in their pens at Threemile ...

On June 12, a Hyde County farmer turned out his cattle onto pastureland. Four days later, 14 of those cows lay dead, their overturned bodies scattered over the grass they'd been grazing for years. "It ...