Kansas State University beef production specialist Emma Briggs discusses the advantages and disadvantages of three kinds of ...

At the very least, use a bale ring to restrict full access to the hay and minimize cattle stomping on hay and making bedding out of it. In one MU study, using rings kept losses to about 5% whether ...

“Open-bottom feeders make it easy for cattle to pull the hay out and increase ... Yet, this does not mean an entirely new hay ring has to be purchased. Ranchers can modify their existing ones ...

Research from the University of Missouri in 1973 found cattle can waste up to 45% of the hay they were provided when allowed unrestricted access to bales fed on the ground without a hay ring.

Hay is the foundation of feeding livestock in periods of forage dormancy ... If hay is stored outside and fed with an open ring feeder, it is not uncommon for waste/loss to be over 30%. Costs of ...

it forever changed the landscape of hay and cattle farms around the world,” said Vermeer President and CEO Jason Andringa. “From hay rings and new styles of hay barns to new attachments for ...