Newswise — Adding a cover crop that livestock can graze to the rotation plan can improve soil health and help protect the environment. That’s the premise behind a four-year, nearly $4 million U.S.

Many different varieties of forage can be used as cover crops. A cover crop can serve many different purposes, one of those ...

Resides In: Kief, North Dakota Raylene grew up on a dairy and beef farm at Kief, North Dakota. After graduating college in 1977, she worked as a herdsman and artificial insemination technician for a ...

Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle reduces methane emissions 40% and could make cattle farming more sustainable. Seaweed is once again showing promise for ...

Research found adding more forage species offered little measurable improvement in forage production, cattle performance or soil health to justify the added expense.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) adds a critical piece of income diversity to Wiese & Sons Herefords, which raises purebred and commercial Hereford cattle near Manning, in west-central Iowa.