HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- With few slaughterhouses in New England equipped to process beef on a large scale, Paul Miller ships cattle from his dairy farm in eastern Connecticut about 300 miles to a meatpacker in Pennsylvania.

Silo gas forms after chopped green forages are harvested, placed into storage and begin to ferment.

Prussic acid poisoning can cause problems in cattle that consume sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids and forage sorghums. Forage sorghums have the highest potential for prussic acid poisoning and sudangrasses have the lowest of the three forages.

Corbitt Wall feeder cattle report for June 10.

Basis is the difference in the price of a commodity in a particular cash market and the underlying futures market. As such, basis varies across geographic areas according to local supply and demand factors. Lower supply or higher demand for a commodity in a local cash market relative to the overall price level represented by the futures market is reflected in higher (i.e., stronger, or more positive) basis values. Conversely, higher supply or lower demand results in lower (i.e., weaker, or more negative) basis values. The past several weeks have resulted in favorable basis changes for cattle feeders, despite price levels generally becoming less favorable.

In the monthly report of World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) reduced the forecast of U.S. planted and harvested acreage of corn and rice. Forecasts for the other major crops were not changed from the forecasts in the March Prospective Plantings report.

High-moisture corn offers growers and feeders several advantages, especially when high feed costs are a major concern. High-moisture corn is a high-energy feed for both dairies and feedlots. There definitely are more advantages than disadvantages for operators who are feeding corn.