– Ted Wiseman, OSU Extension, Perry County (originally published in Farm and Dairy) This is not a new topic or an issue that we haven’t seen before. But this past year has really been a challenge for ruminants. In a normal year mud season was early fall, then freeze in the winter and then reappear [...]
– Stephen R. Koontz, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University So today (March 9, 2020), oil prices are down about 20% and a variety of stock market index futures are off at least 5%. It’s a great opportunity to write about cattle markets. No, not really. In actuality, it is a good [...]
– Dean Kreager, Licking County Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Handle with care. The inner container is only attached to the outer container at the neck and a crack in this connection will cause the tank to quickly fail! It is almost time to start breeding for the 2021 calf crop. Last week I talked [...]
– Victor Shelton, NRCS State Agronomist/Grazing Specialist Can annuals on cropland extend the grazing season? We got a bit too far into numbers and math last issue, but understanding grazing math is important and powerful information and can certainly impact your bottom line. You certainly don’t want to wait until this time of year to [...]
In this edition of Forage focus host Christine Gelley, an Extension Educator with The Ohio State University Agriculture & Natural Resources in Noble County, visits Harrison County for an interview with Erika Lyon, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Jefferson & Harrison Counties. Erika and Christine address concerns about fungal growth in [...]
Recently, University of Kentucky economist Kenny Burdine shared the chart below. It carries a significant economic and quality assurance message that needs little additional explanation . . . over the last 10 years, a 550 lb steer has outsold a 550 lb bull by an average of a little over $11 per cwt in Kentucky [...]
– Matthew Diersen, Risk & Business Management Specialist, Ness School of Management & Economics, South Dakota State University Last week brought extreme price moves and incredible volatility to the cattle markets, caused by potentially lower beef demand from coronavirus concerns and the related impact on the financial markets. The cattle effects were lower cash prices, [...]
– Garth Ruff OSU Extension Henry County Bull buying season is almost upon us, and for the smaller cow-calf operators in the region, I think it time to ask the question: Do you need to buy a heifer bull? Year over year as I sit and watch bull buying decisions being made, I have observed [...]
– Brenda Boetel, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls The semi-annual Cattle report was released on January 31, 2020. The report showed what many analysts had already been saying; the total number of cattle and calves in the USA was at 94.4 million head, slightly down from January 2019’s number of 94.8 [...]
– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County, OSU Extension (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman, Expo 2020 issue) One of the sessions that I attended during the American Forage and Grassland Council at the beginning of 2020 explored the possibility of identifying genetic markers in cattle for tolerance of the endophytic fungus [...]
