Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 28th, 2014 | Comments Off on Sustainable Livestock Nutrition For Spring
Your livestock needs a steady supply of nutrients such as proteins, vitamins, minerals, and fibers just like humans. Some foods you purchase for your livestock from the feed supply stores provide only the basics, while others are designed to give your animals a complete range of nutrients, proteins and vitamins for extra strength and endurance for the wet spring weather. During the winter,...
Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 13th, 2014 | 3 comments
Buying food supplements for your livestock may become necessary, and often expensive, if you have a large farm or if you raise many animals at home. You might face a scarcity of naturally growing grasses or silage at your pastures where you graze your cattle or sheep, and might need to feed your animals extra food supplements high in nutrient value, in addition to what they eat at the fields....
Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 7th, 2014 | Comments Off on Livestock Farming – Challenges & Concerns During Spring
The spring weather can often bring severe cold storms and snow in the USA. The spring weather and snow may cause cattle farming and beef production to become a challenging job. Snow makes grazing for the cattle difficult and cause shortages of food. Below normal temperatures could also negatively impact the growth of crops. The effects of drought and cold could also impact into the calf into the...
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 28th, 2014 | 34 comments
Farming has become a profitable business not only for traditional farmers and food producers, but for anyone who is enthusiastic about growing food on their own. Farm land owners and cattle owners can benefit from trading and selling cattle for beef, as well as other products, such as milk, hide, and other related farm products. Livestock and farming is gaining popularity not only because of the...
Posted by SLN Staff on Feb 28th, 2014 | 1 comment
Feeding your livestock during spring when the pastures are not fully grown and there are shortages of food or grass on the fields. During these times, it is important to carry fodder to the animals in the barns or in their sheds. Sometimes, due to harsh weather animals cannot graze on fields. The best way to produce fodder for the animals is to grow your own fodder through DIY fodder systems....