– Mark Landefeld, OSU Extension Educator, Monroe County
Stockpiling forage for winter feed was fairly limited this year in our area due to dry soil conditions when most stockpiling growth should have occurred. More stored forage will be required this year and feeding hay has started much sooner than in recent years for many producers.
Loss, associated with feeding hay to livestock, may be much more than just Continue reading Feeding Livestock and Managing Forage Waste
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association is currently accepting bull consignments to the Seedstock Improvement Sale. The sale will be held April 9 at noon at the Union Stock Yards Company in Hillsboro, Ohio. This event offers an affordable way to market bulls from multiple breeds in one location and on one day. Buyers have the assurance of buying bulls with known genetics, a completed vaccination regimen and a breeding soundness exam.
The Seedstock Improvement Sale is open to Continue reading OCA Accepting Bull Consignments for Seedstock Improvement Sale – Deadline February 1
– Kate Brooks, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry. With historically tight supplies in 2014, record prices in every segment of the market were reached. Improvements in drought conditions and unprecedented high cow/calf returns brought about rapid expansion at the end of 2014 and throughout 2015. Cattle numbers and beef production continued to be historically small in 2015. The latest USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from December estimates 2015 beef production at 23.7 billion pounds. This is the lowest annual beef production figure since Continue reading Thoughts on the Cattle Industry in 2016