What is the Impact of African Swine Fever? A Cattle Preconditioner’s Perspective

Jun 4, 2018

What is the Impact of African Swine Fever? A cattle preconditioner’s perspective. Throughout the spring of 2019, there has been growing conversation amongst those in agriculture markets about the extent of the damage being caused the outbreak of African Swine Fever in China. China is currently the single largest producer, consumer, and amongst the largest importers of pork in the world. "African swine fever is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease affecting both domestic […]

Corn and Corn By-products | Soybean Products

Jun 4, 2018

Hi Folks, Another month is in the books. Overall, our interpretation of the local market this month is fewer cattle on feed, improving pasture conditions, and slightly lower feed demand. After some early month softness in the feeder cattle market, we have seen prices mostly recover… though demand for 7-8 weight cattle does continue to be mixed, as larger feed yards struggle to make sense of the expected fat cattle market for the 3rd and […]

Feed Cost

Jun 4, 2018

Hi Folks, It's no secret, for the past 3 months or so… feed costs have been quite high. When I look at what these by-product prices do for the bottom line of my cattle feeding business, it has forced me to consider better ways to do things, and think about how to manage price risk on feedstuffs in ways that I might not have considered in years past. It has been uncomfortable to be in […]

Corn, Soy, and Cattle

Jun 4, 2018

Corn and Corn By-Products This month, distillers and gluten products have continued to be well supported by the slow arrival of spring. Strong exports are keeping stout bids under the markets for dry products… which is spilling over into the trade for wet products. Overall, when I compare our wet purchases for the month of March, to the month of Feb, wet prices have come down 20+%/ton. However, when you consider the overall mediocre quality […]