Cattle

  • I worked in the rain this week for the first time in a long time. We even got a few drops in Brookfield. Scott and I took Dr. Emran Ali (Molecular Biologist) around the county collecting water samples for Phytophthora research. He still needs samples if you would like to have your pond tested, just…

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  • Cattle Update 08/13/2019

    Corn, Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle limited down yesterday. This is a rare occurrence. Well, two things just happened. First, we already knew about the World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report that came out yesterday. Corn limited down 25¢ Monday, 15 minutes after the report came out. The government numbers were higher than…

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  • A USDA report coming on August 12th will give us an update on what the corn situation looks like. I have talked to several people and Kansas still has corn underwater. I have also heard reports of knee-high corn and across the road it is ankle-high. At this point, it looks like there will be…

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  • I am going to start posting a cattle report for our cattle producers. Most of you probably know how the cattle market works but for some of you newer producers, I am going to give a watered down version of how the market works. There are two classes of cattle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange…

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  • The flys are out in full force so its time to start protecting our herds. Insecticide ear tags are still very useful fly control tools. Rotating between organophosphate and pyrethroid products is recommended. The suggested rotation schedule is to use organophosphate tags for two consecutive years, rotate to a pyrethroid tag for one year, then…

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