Agriculture is moving into its colder season which means combines are out of fields and cows are getting rounder. Although this shift in agriculture seems to be constant, some aspects remain the same. One being that livestock still need to be fed.
Edgar cows and calves graze stocks. The operation in Rockham, S.D., takes advantage of winter grazing to reduce costs and labor it takes to feed cows through the winter.
Producers look over forage varieties at a Northern Plains Forage Association field day.
Red Angus cattle at the Daybreak Ranch near Highmore, S.D., graze snowy corn stocks
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Daybreak Ranch Red Angus cattle graze in a vast field of corn stalks.
A Red Angus cow takes a drink out on a snowy corn stalk field near Highmore, S.D.
The Edgar family raises cattle in northern South Dakota near Rockham.
Gabby Fink is an SDSU graduate with a degree in agricultural communications. She is an award winning journalist for the Volga Tribune and in 2022 served as a Tri-State Neighbor Youth Crop Watcher, sharing updates from her family’s farm in Plankinton, South Dakota.
