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Net returns averaged a loss of $45 per head in 2018. The largest losses occurred in June and July, with losses of $126 and $108, respectively. Are the prospects for 2019 more positive?
Read MoreThe USDA’s January 1 estimates of the U.S. cattle herd report provides a wealth of information to market participants including estimates of the all cattle and calves inventory, and both the beef and dairy cow inventories.
Read MoreThis South Dakota State University Extension Silage/Earlage Calculator is designed to help corn and livestock producers answer questions regarding the value of standing fields of corn either as grain, silage and earlage.
Read MoreThe year of 2018 did not turn out so well for pork producers as estimated losses were about $12 per head for farrow-to-finish operations. These were the largest losses since 2012 when high feed prices prevented positive returns. Pork production was up 3% in 2018. That was record high production as the industry has been in expansion since 2014.
Read MoreMilk price trends make reaching break-even look bleak for many farms. Recent news media related to dairy farming in the U.S. has been difficult to even see or hear, let alone to actually live though on the farm. Untimely and delayed harvests in many parts of the U.S. make predicting feed costs difficult, in addition to the lingering questions about quality.
Read MoreExamines trends in feed costs as well as the impact of corn and soybean meal prices on swine finishing feed costs.
Read MoreUSDA released its August Cattle on Feed report last Friday, providing an update with respect to the current on feed inventory along with estimated placements on feed during July, which will influence fed cattle marketings later this year and in early 2019.
Read MoreRecent trends in feeding cost of gain, the feeder to fed price ratio, and cattle finishing net returns.
Read MoreEstimates for the current rental value of pastureland, hay ground, and on-farm grain storage in Indiana are often difficult to locate. For the past several years, questions about these items have been included in the Purdue Farmland Value Survey. These tables report the values from the June 2018 survey.
Read MoreUSDA estimated that the July 1 all cattle and calves inventory was 103.2 million head, 1% larger than a year earlier.
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