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Feed Markets
Storing Distillers Grains
If concern about mold and spoilage of wet distillers grains (WDG) has limited your use of this nutrient-rich byproduct of the ethanol industry, it may...
Feed Scramble
European consumers have long had an aversion to genetically modified organisms (GMO), be it in their food or in the feed used to rear their meat...
Identify Your Calf Market, Then Add The Value
For all the opportunities that come with value-added markets, they can be the tail wagging the proverbial fleabag if you lose sight of the core product while focusing on the extras some buyers are enamored with some of the time...
Distiller's Grains Usage
Like it or not, distiller's grains will figure into feedyard rations for the foreseeable future. To learn more about how the rapid growth in ethanol production...
World War II-style corn
U.S. corn producers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn this spring, the most in 63 years. According to USDA's March 30 Prospective Plantings...
Expect Every Acre Of Corn That Weather Will Allow
After USDA's recent report indicated that more acres were going to be planted to corn than any time in the last 60 years, the corn market...
Corn Conundrum
Feedyard managers have been scratching their heads for several months now, trying to figure out how to deal with higher corn prices...
Storms & Corn Prices Costing Cow-Calf Producers
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
