John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, says corn made new contract lows again as funds continue to sell with no major weather ...

Cattle producers have had to feed corn sometimes priced $8 per bushel, throwing a “monkey wrench into the break-evens.” Some are marketing cattle a little lighter-weight, with a little less time.

Kooima says the Cattle on Feed Report placements came in at 97.4%, which was actually the lowest figure in the last 10 years, next to the COVID year. On feed was at 98.5% and marketings at 97.5%.

K-State beef cattle nutritionist Phillip Lancaster says digestibility increases by 5% when corn is cracked. Beef producers make decisions about what to feed their animals daily and the answer ...

The corn can be fed in any form—silage, high-moisture corn or grain corn. For backgrounders, cattle must be on the feed for 70-120 days. Finishing cattle must consume it for 120-225 days and ...

Bale grazing is a viable option for winter cattle feeding, compared to feeding the same hay in a dry lot. Photo taken Nov. 4, 2024, near Watertown, South Dakota.

Given the drought conditions in some locations this year, many producers may be asking themselves how to handle the annual forages they have standing in the field that may not have grown as much ...

Mountains of yellow feed corn sprawl across a storage lot in Nebraska. Corn-fed cattle have a higher fat content than grass-fed cattle, and fattier meats contribute to more weight gain.

A rural Plainview feedlot owner who defrauded an Iowa feed operation out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was convicted of ...