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Buy or bale: Run these numbers to calculate hay costs

Eric DeVuyst, OSU Extension agricultural economist, discusses the economic feasibility of buying and baling hay in the summer and fall.
Buy or bale: Run these numbers to calculate hay costs
Buy or bale: Run these numbers to calculate hay costs

Tue, Oct 1, 2024

Eric DeVuyst, OSU Extension agricultural economist, discusses the economic feasibility of buying and baling hay in the summer and fall.

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Prussic acid toxicity threatens livestock in extreme weather

Wed, Sep 13, 2023

Rainfall after a flash drought has heightened the threat of prussic acid toxicity in the Johnsongrass cattle often eat.

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Rancher’s Lunchtime Series explores wintering cows with limited forage

Wed, Nov 9, 2022

The next edition of the OSU Rancher's Lunchtime Series will feature four webinars on feeding cows through the winter with limited forage.

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Buyer beware: Scams, drought and other factors affecting hay sales this year

Mon, Nov 7, 2022

Livestock owners looking to purchase hay this year are left with lower quality options with less nutritional value because of the drought.

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Take caution, read labels when feeding failed crops

Tue, Oct 25, 2022

Producers should research the labels of chemicals applied to failed crops that were baled this year as an alternative forage source.

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OSU Extension reduces lab testing rates for drought-stricken producers

Wed, Oct 5, 2022

OSU's Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory has reduced costs for nitrate toxicity, forage and feed testing, and livestock water testing.

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Testing of hay and pastures key to offsetting high feed grain prices

Fri, Sep 10, 2021

There has been a steady increase in cost of gain in cattle going back to the summer of 2020.

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Lower yields expected for 2021 hay crop

Tue, Jul 27, 2021

Cool and wet weather conditions in the first half of the summer will affect hay yields this year for producers statewide.

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Take steps to maximize available hay in cattle operations

Fri, Feb 12, 2021

Cattle producers are only halfway through the hay feeding season, so it's a good time to double-check they're not wasting that precious resource.

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