Feed Prices
With more milk production occurring on fewer farms and large-scale operations expanding into non-traditional markets, the question remains: Who will be the top dairy states in the next decade?
Krause Holsteins finished chopping corn silage a month earlier than normal. The results due to the extreme drought conditions in portions of the Midwest caused Krause’s corn silage to yield two thirds less than normal.
Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program will reimburse qualified dairy farmers for 80% of the revenue difference per month based on up to 5 million pounds of milk marketed from July through December 2020.
The 2021 climate of high feed costs and tepid milk prices are creating a tenuous financial scenario for most U.S. dairy farms.
You may be considering what to plant for small grains in your fields following your corn harvest.
Cover crops can benefit dairy producers as a forage source for young stock by saving higher quality forages for lactating cows.
Some of the most important decisions dairy farmers make in a year pivot around producing corn silage. This year the discussion also falls on how much inventory to have on hand, especially now with high feed prices.
California dairy producer, Ray Prock, says the quote often attributed to Mark Twain, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting,” captures the ongoing California water crisis.
What can we expected for milk production and milk prices if the drought continues and corn prices move above and/or stay above $7.00 or maybe even $8.00?
There have been significant changes made in the dairy industry over the past 10 years which may have an impact on the effects of milk production due to high grain prices.
High feed prices have put a lot of strain on dairy farmers and their herd’s nutritionist as they try to navigate shrinking margins.
The drought out west isn’t just impacting grain and livestock producers. It’s also impacting California’s dairy industry.
With grain markets continuing to march upwards, dairy producers are questioning how they will manage not only the increase to their feed bill, but a possible shortage of ingredients to feed their cows.
The skies might be blue, but the mood of some central California dairy producers has turned grey, as another season of drought returns to The Golden State.
Tight stocks, strong exports, and speculation sent corn prices to eight-year high in April.
Mitzie Blanchard of Blanchard Family Dairy shares the changes she has made to her dairy’s management due increasing feed costs.
Do not bet the farm on speculative options to lower feed cost. In 2021, double-down on forage quality.
Markets almost always fall faster than they increase. However, escalating feed prices may change the usual or historical aspect of the market. Or will they?
While understanding your cost of production is an important metric, it’s also a valuable tool to help you make decisions on a day-to-day basis in order to make your farm more profitable.
With milk prices predicted to remain extremely volatile during the first few months of 2021, producers are anxious to know what to expect when the feed bill hits the mailbox.
Producers Worry About Lack Of Feed and Bedding Come Fall AgDay National Reporter Betsy Jibben talks with John Metzger, a dairy farmer from Kimmell, Indiana and Marcelo Oberto, an independent dairy consultant.
Successfully preserving stalklage is not that different from making good corn silage or haylage.
Making sure there are no amino acid deficiencies—particularly lysine and methionine--is the surest way to encourage milk protein production.
Dry cows should maintain a body condition score in the range of 3.0 to 3.25.
Runoff rates of soil and nutrients in the corn interseeded with alfalfa are also substantially reduced.
The key is good records, and then knowing what it is costing you to raise feed.
Weight at calving not only determines first-lactation performance, it sets in stone lifetime performance.
The key is to move cattle more frequently during wet weather.