Colorado State University agriculture economist Stephen Koontz noted this week that the optimism seen late in the winter that lasted early in the spring is now being replaced by realizations that it is going to take another two to three months to work through the large front-loaded fed animal inventories, that fed animal slaughter is at capacity, and that costs of gain are now substantially higher than the past several years. All access premium subscription
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Candace Krebs
Special to Ag Journal
With dry conditions likely to continue, cattle producers should prepare for downward pressure on the market and carefully consider the benefits of livestock risk protection, a newly revamped federally subsidized insurance product, according to a livestock economist who spoke during the recent four-state crop insurance workshop hosted by Colorado State University Extension.
“We expect to see drought persist and expand. It looks to be quite a tough winter,” said Trent Milacek, Oklahoma State University’s livestock economist for the western area.
“If it stays abnormally dry, it’s probably going to reduce demand for cattle,” he added. “The increased price of cattle feeding and less grazing is only going to weigh on cattle prices.”
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