The cows devour the ears of corn first and have the grazing area pretty much picked over within a few hours, Abels said. Corn stalks provide needed roughage.

Ron Makovicka didn't know what he'd lost until he was pulling a grain cart through one of his York County fields, following the combine driven by his son.

However, of the over 90 million acres of corn planted in the US, sweet corn makes up less than 1% of the total crop. The rest is starchy and dry field corn, which is mostly used to feed cows.

It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — ...

USDA’s June acreage report showed U.S. farmers planted 89.9 million acres of corn this year, and one out of every four bushels of added corn demand in the U.S. comes from cattle and hog producers.

Cameron Sorgenfrey holds a tall corn stalk next to a short corn stalk along one of his fields, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Wyoming, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ...

Bale grazing is a viable option for winter cattle feeding, compared to feeding the same hay in a dry lot. Photo taken Nov. 4, 2024, near Watertown, South Dakota.

Protein will be limiting after 30 days on the same field at 0.5 pound of crude protein per cow per day. Consider herd needs as the needs of lactating and fall-calving cows or stocker calves may be ...

Corn loss due to recent high winds has given cattle producers a beneficial grazing opportunities in the Golden Plains Extension counties. Corn loss in some fields is being reported and this does ...

Corn and milo stubble can offer short-term nutrition for grazing cattle By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and Extension November 29, 2021 LinkedIn ...

‘Short corn’ could replace fields blasted by changing climate by: The Associated Press Posted: Sep 24, 2024 / 09:32 AM EDT Updated: Sep 24, 2024 / 11:07 AM EDT ...

The corn’s smaller stature and sturdier base enable it to withstand winds of up to 50 mph — researchers hover over fields with a helicopter to see how the plants handle the wind.