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March 9, 2011
Energy
than 300 employees were on site during
the construction … constructed on a 223-acre site 3 miles east of
Levelland … line to the
industrial park site. These projects would not …
August 10, 2011
practices?
• Would ‘site unseen’ meat from other …
January 13, 2017
Grain Marketing Presentations
summer crops.
Useful Sites for Crop Reports• WASDE …
April 20, 2017
C-N-4002/03/17
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http://www.agmanager.info/sites/default/files/pdf/DifferencesBetweenHighMediu
mLowProfitCow-CalfProducers_2011-2015.pdf
Variability …
August 1, 2017
Breakout Sessions
developed methods to analyze
site-specific yield monitor data …
May 1, 2020
Beef Cattle
Considerations for growing cattle management and nutrition
It is important to know the tonnage of home raised forages (hay/silage) available especially if the
planned marketing of feeder calves is delayed by one or even four months. While a producer may
historically market his/her calves at 8 CWT the potential for keeping these calves on feed for a longer
period of time waiting for more friendly marketing conditions is a real consideration under current
conditions.
As mentioned before, the co‐product market has been thrown out of its normal orbit of supply because
of the disruption within the ethanol industry. Depending upon your location, there may be alternative
sources of byproducts in a friendly marketing radius that can be used to substitute for the removal of
distiller’s grains from your diet(s). The University of Missouri maintains a user friendly web site of by‐
product feed price listings and availability. This website may be found at
http://agebb.missouri.edu/dairy/byprod/bplist.asp. With this information in hand, producers can use a
valuable tool developed by South Dakota State University to compare the feed cost differences between
two feedstuffs with delivery costs considered. This tool maybe found at
https://www.igrowlivestocktools.org/#!/calculators/feed‐cost. A screenshot of the results from the use
of this software is shown below.
Many backgrounders have calves weighing in the vicinity of 800 lbs and ready for feedlot entry today.
The big decision is what to do with these calves? In this current depressed feeder market, should the
producer take their losses now or should they retain ownership and “slow grow” their cattle into the
future in hopes that the market will rebound?
Using beefbasis.com, the following scenario using the value of gain function located in the analytics
section is a good tool to evaluate the potential for holding equity together when taking into
consideration the feeder cattle and corn futures price.
The use of this tool is fairly easy to use. There are drop downs for many of the inputs necessary to
generate a look at the future in terms of the gross value of gain.
The values generated from this simulation are shown below. Under the assumption that a producer has
in their possession 800 pound steers today (April 28, 2020), what happens to the projected gross value
of the steer if it is marketed at different marketing dates into the future?
Based upon the results of this specific analysis, the calves in this example will weigh 900 lbs and sell for
$129.02/cwt with a daily gain of 0.84 lbs/day on 08/27/20. The projected gross value of gain per head is
$183.01 dollars. This dollar amount represents the gross dollars available to add an additional 100 lbs to
an 800 pound steer. This value is important because it helps the producer determine if their costs of
production can be achieved below this value. So, formulating a ration to achieve the level of gain within
the confines of ingredient prices is the primary challenge.
Using the KSU BRaNDS nutrition software, a diet was formulated to achieve only .84 lb/day to
correspond with the price analysis from Beefbasis.com above. Mid‐bloom alfalfa hay (17% crude
protein) was priced at $165/ton, prairie hay at $90/ton, soybean meal at $310/ton and corn priced at
$3.50/bushel.
Admittedly, there are faults that can be found in this ration; the ration dry matter is too high and
consequent blending of ingredients won’t be ideal. With diets that are mostly hay based, simply running
the garden hose into the mixer wagon to facilitate blending would be a potential solution. In this
example, adding 10 lbs of water would reduce the ration dry matter content from 87.9 to 59.2%.
Another aspect of this diet is the borderline content of crude protein (11.9%) that is available.
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February 18, 2021
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https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45777.pdf
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/FinalReportNegotiated5AreaCattleStudy.pdf
Agricultural …
June 18, 2021
Ag Law Issues
from these stations to work sites at the beginning and end …
August 1, 2021
Breakout Sessions
COMET Farm, DNDC, CENTURY
1. Incorporate site‐specific soil samples
Current Opportunities ‐ …
October 1, 2021
2021 Crop Insurance Workshop Presentations
COMET Farm, DNDC, CENTURY
1. Incorporate site‐specific soil samples
Current Opportunities ‐ …