We Load Your Hay!

When you purchase hay at HCH, we load the bales for you. A flatbed trailer or truck is loaded with a telehandler and grapple. A pickup is loaded by hand. If you make the trip, we load the hay.

Have You Wormed Yet?

Now is a great time to worm and get rid of parasites in your cattle. A pour-on wormer applied down the back works well and is easy to use. At this time of year, internal parasites are going dormant while…

Hybrid Vigor

Crossing an Angus bull onto Hereford cows or a Hereford bull onto Angus cows is a powerful and productive way to breed cattle. The hybrid vigor that results is a characteristic that pays dividends from birth to the end of…

Choices for Calves

What to offer calves comes down to personal choice.    Salt or Mineral Choosing a mineral that can be fed free choice is one option for calves. As many areas are low in some trace minerals you can offer a…

Fall Cattle Care

I thought I would share what we do here at Hagen Cattle and Hay for fall cow care. This includes weanling heifer and bull calves as well.  The bull calves have been weaned since the middle of August and the…

Calf Housing

Calf  Housing You might consider having a separate facility for your calves to lay and eat. It might seem like a big expense only for calves, but the results may surprise you.   Feed Efficiency Having a separate feeding space…

Calf Care

Calf House We decided long ago that calves need special care to obtain optimum growth and stay healthy. One of the first things we did was to build a calf house where the newborn calves could go to get away…

Herd Sire Selection: Calving Ease

When looking for a herd sire, another important trait could be calving ease. Calving ease should include the following qualities: Bull’s own birth weight/CED EPD. Head shape. Shoulder width and slope. The depth of body and front shoulders. Hip width.…

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