– Elliott Dennis, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Nearby and deferred live and feeder cattle contracts settled up this past week. The nearby August feeder cattle contract settled at 138.825 up nearly $7 from the contract low 10 days ago. The nearby August live cattle contract [...]
– Kirsten Nickles MSc and Anthony Parker PhD, The Ohio State University Department of Animal Sciences The addition of a social facilitator cow seems to reduce the negative walking behaviors associated with weaning. The most common weaning method in the United States beef industry is the abrupt removal of calves from cows at 5-8 months [...]
Both cattle and sheep will be observed on pasture, much like these fall lambing ewes that you see here on oats. You’re invited to a pasture walk and tour at Bob Hendershot’s Windy Hill Farm east of Circleville on July 25. The walk will begin at 5 p.m. and will include a close-up look at [...]
– John Kellis, ODA Grazing Management Specialist Summer grazing paddocks with warm season grasses allow cool-season fescue pastures to be rested for strip grazing in late fall and winter. Livestock producers are being invited to an important grazing workshop at Millstone Creek Farm near Hillsboro on Tuesday July 16th from 6:00 till 9:00 PM. Tim [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded steady compared to last week on a live basis. Live prices were mainly $108 to $111 while dressed prices were mainly $178 to $182. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $111.17 live, up [...]
– Stan Smith, PA, Fairfield County OSU Extension (published originally in The Ohio Farmer on-line) Seldom have we ever been challenged by wet weather, mud and adverse conditions for such an extended period of time! Seldom do we talk about forage shortages and above normal precipitation in the same breath. Regardless, that’s where we are [...]
– Stan Smith, PA, Fairfield County OSU Extension It goes without saying, for many, what we’ve experienced in the beef cattle industry beginning last year and continuing to this point in 2019 is uncharted territory. In response to the struggle to get corn planted and hay made this year, lots of questions have resulted. Following [...]
– Victor Shelton, NRCS State Agronomist/Grazing Specialist Saturated soils with little cover create opportunities for weeds and lost production. I find it hard to believe that it is already July. I was beginning to think we were stuck in April showers. I generally think of the 4th of July as the beginning of the second [...]
– Tim McDermott DVM, OSU Extension Educator, Franklin County (originally published in Farm and Dairy) The Lone Star Tick, a tick species that entered Ohio over the last decade, has become known for causing an allergic syndrome in people called Mammalian Muscle Allergy. Livestock producers have had a lot on their plates lately. The weather [...]
– Matthew Diersen, Risk & Business Management Specialist, Ness School of Management & Economics, South Dakota State University Feeder cattle have been under seasonal price pressure, similar to last year. Thus, locking in cattle prices or spending money for insurance may not be a high priority at this time. However, it is never a bad [...]
