– Francis L. Fluharty, Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia Poor quality long stem forages, reduced forage supplies, and increased feed and supplementation costs all demand that we look at nutrition management even more closely this year! The spring and summer of 2019 have set records for rainfall [...]
– Justin Brackenrich, PA Extension Educator, Field and Forage Crops and Jessica A. Williamson, Ph.D., PA Extension Forage Specialist A field with many noxious weeds, including Canada Thistle and Milkweed which would be undesirable to a hay producer. Photo Credit: Jessica Williamson, Penn State Extension Much like 2018, the unpredictable weather of 2019 has led [...]
– David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service While there were no great surprises in either the Cattle on Feed or the mid-year Inventory reports there were a few items of interest. First the headline numbers. Placements were down 2.3 percent from June, 2018. Marketings were also below the year [...]
– Dr. Jimmy Henning, Forage Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky (First published in May 30 issue, The Farmer’s Pride) Late cut or rain damaged first cuttings can still be part of a sound feeding program for your beef cows. Don’t let a less-than-perfect first cutting stop the conversation on hay testing, feeding and forage management. [...]
– Brenda Boetel, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Feeder cattle prices are determined by several factors, with feed price and fed-cattle price having the greatest impact. The corn price has typically had an inverse relationship to both fed and feeder cattle prices. This means, as the price of corn increases, the [...]
– Stan Smith, PA, Fairfield County OSU Extension A forage probe for sampling hay might be the most valuable tool you can use in 2019! Coming off a year where quality forages for beef cattle were in short supply throughout Ohio, now in mid-2019 we find that inventory remains critically low. With the National Ag [...]
– Chris Penrose, OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Morgan County (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman summer issue) Many of us will be feeding poor quality hay again this winter, likely similar to last winter. When I mowed down hay over the weekend, the grass was past mature to the point that fescue [...]
– Stan Smith, OSU Extension, Fairfield County and Allen Gahler, Extension Educator, Sandusky County (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman summer issue) Oats planted soon on available acres have plenty of time to become high quality feed! It’s not often we talk about forage shortages and above normal precipitation in the same breath. Regardless, that’s [...]
On July 30, 2019, Cathann A. Kress, Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, along with Ohio Cattlemen’s Association and Telhio Credit Union, will host the inaugural Dean’s Charity Steer Show benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio (RMHC). This event brings together our [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded $3 higher compared to last week on a live basis. Live prices were mainly $112 to $115 while dressed prices were mainly $181 to $184. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $114.64 live, [...]
