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Rice-based feeds offer alternative options for cattle producers in the Rice Belt

Rice can be used as a way to provide nutritious feed to cattle while cutting costs and generating revenue from otherwise unusable products.

August 14, 2024

Callie Hanson

Producers across the varying sectors of agriculture have been forced to find ways to generate revenue and cut costs. In the heart of the Gulf Coast Rice Belt, innovation took the form of rice-based feeds.

August WASDE report projects a record-high soybean crop

Based on conditions as of Aug. 1, soybean yields are expected to average a record high of 53.2 bushels per acre, up 1.2 bushels from last month and up 2.6 bushels from 2023.

August 13, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

June DMC margin is $11.66 per cwt, premiums due soon

A staggering drop in feed costs and a rising milk price in June supported a margin not seen since 2022 for the Dairy Margin Coverage program. With few indemnity payments issued, producers are reminded that premiums for 2024 coverage must be paid by September.

July 31, 2024

Jenn Coyne

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its Agricultural Prices report July 31, which includes feed costs used to calculate June Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program margins and indemnity payments. June’s margin was $11.66 per hundredweight (cwt).

Lower milk output per cow offsets higher cow inventories

Cheese, butter, whey and nonfat dry milk (NDM) price forecasts for 2024 are raised from the previous month on recent price strength and an expectation of tighter milk supplies.

July 15, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

May DMC margin is $10.52 per cwt

No indemnity payments for the Dairy Margin Coverage program were issued for the third consecutive month. Income over feed costs continue to be favorable for dairy producers despite higher feed prices.

June 28, 2024

Jenn Coyne

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its Agricultural Prices report June 28, which includes feed costs used to calculate May Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program margins and indemnity payments. May’s income over feed cost was $10.52 per hundredweight (cwt), the largest margin since November 2022.

Get ready to rumble: The adventures of starting peewee calves

Younger stocker calves require a different nutrition plan than their older counterparts, but knowing the steps to take can maintain these cattle and your operation’s productivity.

June 20, 2024

Brian Fieser

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” While he was referring to strategy in the boxing ring, the same holds true for starting lightweight (sometimes called peewee) calves.

Technology confronts operational pressures

Cattle producers work extremely hard caring for their animals, but their time, labor and input costs are often misused and even wasted. Technology is stepping forward like never before to help reduce external pressures and fine-tune productivity.

June 19, 2024

Bruce Derksen

U.S.-based beef cattle operations face unique challenges ranging from labor and time shortages to water source and feeding management issues. More than ever, technology is confronting these obstacles.

USDA outlook sees little change in 2024-25 milk production

Milk production forecasts for both 2024 and 2025 are unchanged from last month with slight adjustments to cow inventories offset by slower growth in milk output per cow.

June 13, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report offers forecasts for dairy, beef and feedstuffs.

Gut feeling: Improved gut health in the feedlot leads to better nutrient utilization

When feedlot operators find ways to help cattle more fully absorb the nutrients they take in, the finishing period can become one of the most efficient times of those animals’ lives.

June 11, 2024

Tyrell Marchant

It’s no secret: Feed has always accounted for, by far, the biggest production expense of beef cattle production.

April DMC margin is $9.60 per cwt

The feed market was strong in April, but milk prices held on to end the month with a $9.60 per hundredweight (cwt) income over feed cost margin. This is the second time in 2024 that indemnity payments are not triggered through the Dairy Margin Coverage program.

June 1, 2024

Jenn Coyne

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its Agricultural Prices report May 31, which includes feed costs used to calculate April Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program margins and indemnity payments. A $9.60 per hundredweight (cwt) margin was the result of a rally in milk during the second half of the month to offset the steady feed markets.

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Articles Tagged with ''feed costs''

Rice-based feeds offer alternative options for cattle producers in the Rice Belt

August WASDE report projects a record-high soybean crop

June DMC margin is $11.66 per cwt, premiums due soon

Lower milk output per cow offsets higher cow inventories

May DMC margin is $10.52 per cwt

Get ready to rumble: The adventures of starting peewee calves

Technology confronts operational pressures

USDA outlook sees little change in 2024-25 milk production

Gut feeling: Improved gut health in the feedlot leads to better nutrient utilization

April DMC margin is $9.60 per cwt

Weekly Digest: More U.S. cases of New World screwworm confirmed, Canada restricts imports

Teff grass: Where it fits and where it doesn’t

2027 beef production to decline slightly year over year

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