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Why I Don’t Drink Budweiser…and Why I’m Not Alone

Budweiser has always been far more about marketing than beer. The founder of Anheuser Busch, Adolphus Busch, refused to drink his own brew, calling it “that slop” (he was German, of cou…

What Not to Use Your Dumpster For

While dumpsters can be used for multiple waste and recycling projects, whether big or small, there are certain things for which a dumpster cannot be used. Most of the things for which dumpsters cannot be used pertain to any sort of toxic or hazardous waste. The types of waste listed below cannot be put into dumpsters as waste. There are alternate ways to dispose of those types of wasteWhat Cannot Go Into a Roll-Off DumpsterElectronicsThis includes mainly all televisions, radios,…

How to Survive a Slow Trucking Market

The trucking market has ebbs and flows, much like every other industry. Although the market seems to be in a slowdown, it isn’t time to get out. Learn more:

Ready Your Equipment to Put Up High-quality Hay

Forages are valuable, whether you put up high-quality dairy hay, horse hay or grass hay to keep those high-value beef cows in condition. A timely harvest is good for your livestock, your hay-buying…

Hay Makers Learn Ways to Prevent Losses

YORK, Pa. — It’s a given: Some part of every hay cutting a farmer makes will be lost before it gets to an animal’s mouth.

Should Horse Owners Steam or Soak Hay?

For horses with dust-reducing needs, steamed hay appears more beneficial, whereas horses with EMS would benefit more from soaking.

New HAY Products that Transform Any Space

HAY reimagined staple pieces like chairs and sofas and breathed new life and purpose into them through its new, featured products. See how HAY can transform spaces, one beautiful piece at a time.

Peanut hay: A few things to remember this harvest

Test peanut hay if it is going to be fed to livestock, though. Drought-stressed peanuts in the last five to six weeks are at higher risk for alflatoxin, as you know. Aflatoxin must be less than 20 ppb in the hay to be safe. High nitrates, or more than 4500 ppm, can be a problem, too.

It's official: Horses prefer balage over hay

Hay may be a staple for horses, but given a choice, they go for the rich stuff first.

Using Hay Replacers for Horses

Severe drought through parts of TX and OK leaves hayfields and pastures brown and dry, and animal owners searching for replacement optionsWhen times of severe draught or other weather phenomenon result in poor quality or availability of pastures and hay , horse owners often turn to complete feeds (i.e. feeds that contain a full diet of roughage, protein, vitamins, minerals, and other needed nutrients) or…

Study: Probiotic modulation of the immune system relieves hay fever symptoms

Eight weeks of probiotic supplementation can reduced hay fever symptoms and improve quality of life through modulation of the immune system, according to a study funded by Winclove Probiotics

WATCH: Woman gets new home made out of hay

A woman in Pennsylvania is getting a new home made out of hay.

What's the Difference Between Straw and Hay?

Can Your Hay Pass the Test?

Good-quality hay is an essential component of any beef production program. No matter how good you are at growing grass, there are times during the year when you are likely to encounter a grazing gap that requires feeding hay to provide cows with adequate nutrition.

I FOUND TEFF HAY PELLETS!!! And a COUPON for them as well!

I love Teff hay. It is great to feed to your insulin resistant, low starch/sugars, Cushings horses and I used it with Mama Tess as often as I could find itYesterday, I saw that Standlee now has it in pellet form to answer all the requests for low sugar/starch feed. I’m so excited! (No affiliation, I wish!)The truth is, I rarely feed just pellets. I use hay because it lasts longer and simulates closer to a natural food product for horses.…

Cut the Hay Bill Without Sacrificing Body Condition

As spring finally moved into parts of the Midwest, ‌cattle producers had seen prices on some hay supplies increase more than 10 times compared to ‌year-ago levels. A weekly hay auction manager at Dyersville, Iowa, reported even low-quality hay prices had skyrocketed. Dale Leslein told DTN staff reporter Russ Quinn: “I had a load last [...]