Today’s high culling numbers and ongoing drought across key cattle-producing regions underscore how important it will be for producers to find easy ways to hold down their feed costs going …
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Elanco Beef Specialist: Feed Efficiency is Key to Protecting Margins at High Input Costs
by Brett McRaeDr. Nathan Pyatt, Beef Technical Consultant with Elanco spoke with Northern Ag Network’s Brett McRae about some of the factors weighing on feedlot margins and profits for cow calf producers. …
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Senators Request Additional Assistance for Livestock Producers Affected by Drought
by Colter Brown(U.S. Senate) – United States Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont) and John Thune (R-S.D.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm …
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Online Resources to Help Connect Livestock Feed Buyers and Sellers
by Colter BrownDrought is creating forage shortages across the Western U.S. this year, which means producers will have to find alternative sources of feed for their livestock. North Dakota State University, the …
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High Numbers of Blister Beetles in Hay a Danger for Livestock
by Colter BrownThis year’s dry weather is increasing the blister beetle threat to cattle and other livestock, North Dakota State University specialists say. “Blister beetles tend to be more numerous when grasshopper …
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When commodity feed prices become high, consider options for getting more out of your livestock feed. “Added processing of grain, using totally mixed rations, feed additives and other management changes …
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Surging Feed Prices Will Challenge the Livestock Sector’s Recovery
The U.S. animal protein sector is expected to face a 12% increase in feed costs in 2021, which will mark the highest year-over-year inflation since 2011. With corn futures above …
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To the general observer, the production agriculture may seem like a simple and straight forward profession but there are far more complexities to running a successful operation than many people …
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by Darrin Pack, Purdue University ExtensionResearch by Purdue University scientist Jon Schoonmaker and his colleagues has shown that small amounts of calcium oxide can neutralize the acid in distillers grains, …