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May 1, 2020
Beef Cattle
cattle.
Given adjustments in the ethanol industry, the dramatically reduced availability of distiller’s grains has
created dramatic ripple effects on the prices of feedstuffs such as alfalfa hay and those coproducts that
could be substituted and used in its place. As a whole, the options for use with these alternative feed
ingredients is significantly reduced with adjoining reductions in feed efficiency performance.
Where are you standing today?
If a producer presently has backgrounding cattle in his/her yard, the critical first step is to accurately
assess their situation. This starts with knowing the present day, average weight of these cattle. This fact
is important to know going forward to assess marketing scenarios and to examine how rations can be
formulated with available feed ingredients.
The Department of Agricultural Economics (www.agmanager.info) has a broad range of tools available
for cattle producers to use to provide guidance with the implementation of price protection and to
obtain market‐informed projections of the feeder cattle market at future periods when cattle may be
sold. Two resources in particular include:
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June 1, 2008
KFMA Newsletters
exception of
hay and forage and other crop … SORGHUM
11%
SOYBEANS
24%
SUNFLOWERS
1%
WHEAT
20%
OTHER CROP
1%
HAY AND FORAGE
5%
KFMA … 52,658 $54,454 3% $1,796
HAY AND FORAGE $14,858 $12,432 …
February 24, 2022
Recent Videos
9,300.00
Hay and Forage $ 169.67 … 93.00
Variable Costs‐Feed
Amount of Hay/Forage
Cows:
Name: pounds per day … of days Total
Prairie Hay 13.50 90 1215
Corn Silage …
August 1, 2022
Breakout Sessions
to pastureland and produce hay and/or graze
3 Participate … Program (CRP): Cannot produce hay and/or
graze
2 Grassland … Program (ACEP): Can produce hay and/or
graze
FCIP is available …
August 1, 2022
2022 Risk and Profit Conference Recordings
to pastureland and produce hay and/or graze
3 Participate … Program (CRP): Cannot produce hay and/or
graze
2 Grassland … Program (ACEP): Can produce hay and/or
graze
FCIP is available …
December 1, 2003
Leasing Papers
and Presentations
for example, to grain or
hay storage facility leasing … markets, for example, when one hay shed
owner is confronted … owner is confronted by one hay owner to negotiate a rental …
August 3, 2016
Livestock Insurance, Breakout session presentations
Drought is significant: major event 1 year in 5?
How much land are we talking about?
15.5 million acres of permanent pasture
308,000 acres of woodland pastures
2.2 million acres of alfalfa, tame & wild hay
18.0 million acreseligible for PRF
Source: 2012 Census of Agriculture
How much is 18 million acres? How many are insured?
Crop …
August 1, 2019
Breakout Sessions
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Hay Feeding Season Length
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151 days
East … Month
2019 Risk & Profit
0%
10%
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Market Calves
Market Feeders
Length of Hay Feeding Season (2018)
2019 Risk & Profit
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August 1, 2021
Breakout Sessions
2020: 94,177 acres with > $16 million liabilities
https://www.southwest.k‐state.edu/documents/2018‐JohnHolman‐Annual‐Forages.pdf
PRF and AF use increased substantially in 2021
PRF acres enrolled in 2021
Annual Forage more common in western KS
PRF acres equivalent to 20‐40% of acreage
in some counties
Ratio of PRF to cattle inventory implies
similar patterns
PRF vs self‐insurance costs (introduction)
• Cost and yield of hay in Kansas (forage)
• …
2021 Risk and Profit Conference Recordings
2020: 94,177 acres with > $16 million liabilities
https://www.southwest.k‐state.edu/documents/2018‐JohnHolman‐Annual‐Forages.pdf
PRF and AF use increased substantially in 2021
PRF acres enrolled in 2021
Annual Forage more common in western KS
PRF acres equivalent to 20‐40% of acreage
in some counties
Ratio of PRF to cattle inventory implies
similar patterns
PRF vs self‐insurance costs (introduction)
• Cost and yield of hay in Kansas (forage)
• …