Walkers Feed & Farm

How to Use Complete Feeds to Stretch Your Hay Supply

Fiery blazes, drought, and poor growing conditions have made hay difficult to find and expensive to buy in many locations throughout the nation. These conditions have left horse owners with the difficult task of finding an affordable source of quality hay

Daily Cash Grain Bids

Daily cash grain bids from St. Joseph, Atchison, and Kansas City on Yellow and White Corn, Soybeans, Hard and Soft Wheat, and Sorghum.

Ag Students, take heart. Your degrees aren’t useless.

An article recently posted on Yahoo! Education website is causing quite a stir within the Ag community. The article, entitled “College Majors That Are Useless,” claims that the number one most usel…

Hooked on nutrition: Why quality fish feed matters

Aquaculture feed costs can account for more than 50 percent of farm production costs, so the impact of feed choice should not be underestimated.

4 tips for feeding poor quality hay

What should producers do with all of that rained on hay? What other feedstuffs can be added to dilute poor-quality hay? Here are 4 tips for feeding low-quality forages to cattle this winter.

How to Feed Birds All Year Long

As the seasons change from winter to spring to summer to fall, switch up what you're serving in your feeders to attract more birds to your backyard.

Why humans struggled to make 'f' and 'v' sounds until farming came along

Love to drop F-bombs? Thank the shift to agriculture.

Fly Farms to Provide Alternative Protein for Animal Feeds

What…A fly farm? Yep that’s right, AgriProtein has partnered with Christof Industries to build up to 25 fly farms a year up-cycling organic waste into insect protein for animal feeds. T…

We're Now Making Our Own Feed!

We are excited to announce that our farm in Fairview is now able to make our own animal feed for our pigs and chickens! We are buying whole grains and using a tractor powered hammer mill to grind and mix non-GMO feed. The rations will consist of corn, small grains (such as wheat or barley), […]

Keeping Farm Animals Healthy

Sickness happens, even in our animals, and it can greatly affect the productivity of our nation’s farms. Caring for sick animals can take a lot of time and money and can create a domino effect onto other animals if not treated properly. The best thing you can do for your farm animals is preventative care. Obviously, clean water, appropriate feed and a healthy environment ...

What Is Farm Runoff Doing To The Water? Scientists Wade In

Across the Midwest this summer, scientists are wading into 100 streams to collect water samples and check cages for fish eggs. It's part of a large study to understand how pesticides and agricultural chemicals from farms are affecting the nation's streams.

Meals on Wheels, Farm Style: Feeding in the Fields

Farm wives discuss their go-to “field feeding” meals for farmers and workers busy with spring planting and fall harvest seasons.

Reducing feed usage and on-farm costs

Precision feeding challenges and opportunities

What is precision feeding? Precision can be defined as being exact – neither more nor less. Precision feeding approaches will vary from farm to farm and has different understanding by dairy farmers and their nutritionists.

Cutting food waste to support farmers and the famished

Food waste affects more than just our wallets. Approximately one-third of all food produced in the world gets thrown away every year, leading to 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions. At 2.6 trillion pounds, that's enough sustenance to feed three billion people, or almost all people living in

Are Algae Products The Next Big Thing in Sustainability?

At this year's London Marathon, runners tested out algae pods filled with water instead of paper cups. Algae is the newest sustainable trend.