upcoming feed costs

[sizzler14]

with the lack of rain in key parts of americas breadbasket, what is everyones guess of feed costs this winter and spring?

 

[sizzler14]

So nobody has a clue huh

 

[Alscows]

My opinion...not worth a bunch.
Corn is at top.  Feed lags a month behind so expect high for feed in 30-35 days. 
Could be completely wrong! Ohio has seen some rain here in the last 2 weeks and has greened up, didn't help corn but beans and grass really improved.  I think once the initial rationing(ethanol, hobby feeders, hogs, chickens) scales back we can overcome the panic.  Fat cattle futures were $1.35+ this week.

 

[showsteerdlux]

My opinion...not worth a bunch.
Corn is at top.  Feed lags a month behind so expect high for feed in 30-35 days. 
Could be completely wrong! Ohio has seen some rain here in the last 2 weeks and has greened up, didn't help corn but beans and grass really improved.  I think once the initial rationing(ethanol, hobby feeders, hogs, chickens) scales back we can overcome the panic.  Fat cattle futures were $1.35+ this week.

That rationing is about over. The wheat in storage isn't enough to make up for the corn. Another thing is a lot of this corn is going to have issues as far as quality. We haven't seen the top. $10-11 by October.

 

[Pleasant Grove Farms]

Feed costs for what?
I read an article the other day written by a guy in Ohio that said that this maybe the time to buy bred cows.....that the cows in Ohio will be fed the best that they have ever been fed because of all the available silage that is being cut; lots and lots of silage being cut everywhere;
will make for lots of available feed for cows this winter.  Will have to supplement some dry matter into the silage but here in South Dakota, we had a great wheat crop.
The guys combined the wheat then followed behind the combines with windrowers and cut all the straw down and baled that; that will be the dry matter in alot of cows rations this winter.  Have to supplement some protein in and the cows will eat very well.
It is making do with what we have and utilizing feed that doesn't get used this way usually.

What is going to cost to feed will be the cattle that are being fed for consumption.  Don't really know how you can get over the fact that they need grain to do that with.  There are other alternative grains.....milo is a drought crop that produced here this summer; believe you can utilize wheat also but it will cost some money to feed calves.  We all need to look at waste and make sure we are not letting a single drop of that expensive grain get wasted through spilling, molding, leaking, rodents, etc.

 

[husker1]

Creep feed at our local store jumped this week from $309 per ton to $470....

We feed ignitor (ADM) at weaning.  It's a wonderful product and the calves wean great on it...I think it was $.18 per pound last year.  The local feed store said it will be .31 per pound bagged, .29 in bulk this year.

Distillers grain that we contracted at $110 per ton last year is $165 per ton this year.

Hay...all across the board, but it takes a minimum of $200 per ton to get anything decent up here. 

Imagine cornstalk rental rates (to graze) will be much higher this year too.

It's gonna be a tough one.

 

[BuckeyeBeef2]

In all of Ohio, about 40% of all corn is rated poor, im in an area where we see that poor yield.  We HAVE had some rain lately...but corn has already tassled and is already turning, some fields are ready to go.... it is to late for corn in our area, beans still have a chance though.  So feed, will most likely go up, but no i cant say how much

 

[BuckeyeBeef2]

I also forgot to mention hay, by the bale, its looking atleast 6+... most of the hay fields in our area are alfalfa orchard grass....about a 40% - 60% ratio.  Well with the little rain we have had, first cuttin did fine, but after first cutting went, we have had only a few hundred bales of second cutting.  alfalfa is growing decent, but blooms come on soon, and the orchard grass....just doesnt grow, so hay will be expensive for those who do farm it...cus its gonna take a lot of fuel to mow and rake only a little hay, and for those who dont farm it...really expensive, in this area atleast.

 

[HAB]

We are sitting better than most. 

Our show feed has gone up $60 a ton over the last couple of weeks and was told it would continue.

Have gotten rain in the last few weeks, and pastures are recovering nicely.

We will be using a lot of CRP hay, as most of our hay only yielded 35-50% of normal.

Cows will graze cornstalks until snow gets too deep.

 

[Mill Iron A]

Liquid feed has not gone up and we are using some high fat products to replace around 25% of the corn in the diet.

 

[Bulldaddy]

By switching from corn to milo in our creep feed, we have keep the price at 277 ton but that is likely to go up with next order.  Drought is back on but thank goodness there is plenty of hay and cow prices are still relatively strong.