– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded $2 lower compared to last week on a live basis. Prices on a live basis were primarily $101 to $105 while dressed prices were mainly $162 to $164. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday [...]
– Stan Smith, OSU Extension PA, Fairfield County (originally published in the Ohio Farmer on-line) Having grown up in the 50’s and 60’s, the experience of social distancing and self-quarantine in recent months hasn’t really been too much of a struggle for me. Afterall, if you grew up on a farm in rural Ohio in [...]
In this Grazing Management Minute, the conversation revolves around the benefits of planting warm season annual grasses and working them into a comprehensive forage management plan for Ohio livestock producers.
– Steve Boyles, OSU Beef Extension Specialist A better understanding of factors affecting shrink should help buyers and sellers of cattle to arrive at a fair pencil shrink under specific marketing conditions. Types of Shrink. There are two types of shrink. One is excretory which is the loss of urine and feces. When ambient temperatures [...]
Few agriculture crops respond more dramatically to improved management than pasture. In this presentation recorded in the spring, Rory Lewandowski, recently retired OSU Extension Educator, discusses pasture management basics, and BMPs for implementing a successful grazing program.
– Chris Penrose, Extension Educator, Morgan County (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman) I remember the first forage presentation I did in Perry County back in 1989 and I have spent my life professionally and personally working with forages. When we started teaching grazing schools in the early 90’s, one of the foundational topics taught [...]
– Dr. Michelle Arnold, UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Unusual or unexplained sickness and death loss of farm animals is an unavoidable occurrence for all producers at some point. Whether it is one animal affected suddenly or multiple animals developing symptoms of disease in a short span of time, most producers want to find the cause, [...]
– Victor Shelton, NRCS State Agronomist/Grazing Specialist It’s been a good year for red clover, almost too good. The summer has flown by and, like it or not, I have to start thinking about fall activities that need to be accomplished long before winter decides to show up. It has not been an easy summer. [...]
Overarching Market Conditions The recent cattle on feed report suggests that cattle feedlots are coming closer to sorting through much of the backlog associated with plant closures and shutdowns as a result of plant workers testing positive and plants implementing CDC and OSHA worker health recommendations. For example, the number of cattle on feed over [...]
Moisture, maturity and the potential for high nitrates must be considered as corn silage harvest begins. Corn silage harvest has begun in parts of Ohio, and is still weeks away in other places where corn planting was delayed by the spring weather. At the same time, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, all of [...]
