Feed Update http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update RSS Feed for Feed Update en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 14:56:48 GMT Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Prices-for-corn-and-soybeans-five-years-from-now-207537871.html Although challenges to planting the 2013 crop may provide some degree of support to corn and soybean prices, they have quickly faded from the 2012 highs and are threatening to diminish further from the highs that began in 2007. Weather stalls corn planting progress http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Weather-stalls-corn-planting-progress-203579461.html April showers don’t just bring May flowers. They also slow corn planting. Whole cottonseed supplies for dairy expected to tighten http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Whole-cottonseed-supplies-for-dairy-expected-to-tighten-197991691.html Cotton acres are expected to drop nearly 27 percent in 2013 as U.S. cotton producers respond to market signals and plant more corn and soybeans, according to the National Cotton Council’s annual planting intentions survey. Alfalfa hay could be cheaper in the West this spring http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Alfalfa-hay-could-be-cheaper-in-the-West-this-spring-191012771.html Alfalfa hay prices in the western U.S. may come down or “soften” this spring, according to one expert. But the reason isn’t the most pleasant. Weather continues to dictate crop prices in 2013 http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Weather-continues-to-dictate-crop-prices-in-2013-186800401.html The top two factors influencing crop markets in 2013 will be the weather and the potential for a rebound in demand, which diminished last year with drought-driven high prices, Chad Hart told growers at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 94th Annual Meeting. Cottonseed supply up 10% compared to 2011 http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Cottonseed-supply-up-10-compared-to-2011--179294181.html Total U.S. cottonseed production in 2012 is forecast to reach 5.913 million tons, up from 5.37 million tons in 2011, a 10.1 percent increase, according to the November Crop Production Report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Better weather should make more whole cottonseed available http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Better-weather-should-make-more-whole-cottonseed-available--179168981.html Despite farmers planting 11 percent fewer cotton acres in 2012 compared to 2011, a more “normal” summer could produce more harvestable acres, and more whole cottonseed available for dairy cows. Corn yield now projected at 122 bushels per acre http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Corn-yield-now-projected-at-122-bushels-per-acre--174781211.html According to the USDA’s Crop Production report on Oct. 11, corn production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down slightly from the September forecast and down 13 percent from 2011. New drought-hardy corn testing well in U.S. http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Plant-breeders-say-new-drought-hardy-corn-testing-well-in-US-170232066.html Corn seed developers who have been racing to build better varieties for low rainfall and high heat say results have been encouraging despite the worst U.S. drought in half a century. Analysis: Forget drought; 'demand rationing' is corn's new master http://www.dairyherd.com/nutritionist-network/feed-update/Analysis-Forget-drought-demand-rationing-is-corns-new-master-166415386.html When all is said and done, predicting the damage done to U.S. corn and soy crops from the worst drought in half a century may have been the easy part.