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Innovative Feeders Save Hay

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By Heather Smith-Thomas Verified
| American Cattlemen Verified
Innovative Feeders Save Hay. By Heather Smith Thomas. Hay rings for big round bales—to place over a round bale or to put a round bale into, so cattle can feed themselves out in a pen or pasture—have been in common use since the 1970’s. Even though this saves labor when feeding cattle, there was always a lot of wasted hay as cattle pull the hay out of the ring, leaving debris around the feeder. In recent years there have been many innovations to create more efficient feeders.
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Barnyard Basics: Protein for children in developing countries, Part II: Taking the family to Ecuador

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By Heather Smith-Thomas Verified
| Intermountain Farm & Ranch Verified
When Bob Sterling was a student at Utah State University for degrees in Animal Science and International Agriculture, he needed to do an internship. “I knew a man in the Idaho Falls area, in the meat and livestock industry — Roger Ball,” Sterling says. “I contacted him and did my internship in Blackfoot, where he owned a meat packing plant. After finishing school and my project in Ecuador, I reconnected with Mr. Ball.
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Cattle out on pasture for another season

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By Heather Smith-Thomas Verified
| Grainews Verified
Read Also Marvelling at hummingbirds Are you being gentle with yourself? Life has a way of slowly taking us off course from time to time…. Last Sunday was cold and windy all day. We were glad we’d branded and vaccinated the calves the day before. After we fed the cows, Andrea put the feed truck in the stack yard so Lynn could load another big bale, and hiked home to get her four-wheeler. Now that Charlie got it running again, she can use it and leave Lynn’s four-wheeler down here for him.
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