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Quality Analysis
by Haley Ruffner for Aden Brook | Visit the Blog | Read Here
While not all farmers test their hay, a basic hay analysis is very useful to both farmer and end user in marking the quality of the hay and its value to customers. A typical analysis will include readings on moisture, crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), relative feed value (RFV), horse digestible energy (DE), calcium and phosphorus (Ca and P), fat, starch, ethanol soluble carbohydrates (ESC), water soluble carbohydrates (WSC), and non-structural carbohydrates (NSC). Each of these factors are typically measured in two columns: as sampled and dry matter.
Hay cost is not always indicative of value
by Mike Rankin for Hay & Forage Grower | Read Here
Hay comes in a variety of types, shapes, and prices. It’s relatively easy to count bales and determine tonnage for inventory purposes. Similarly, it’s also not difficult to calculate winter feed needs based on livestock numbers and the duration of time that hay will be fed. But is there more to it than that?
LIVESTOCK-CME cattle futures soften amid recession fears
by Tom Polansek for Reuters | Read Here
U.S. stocks closed lower, adding to sharp losses last week, on nagging concerns about the Federal Reserve’s determination to hike interest rates to fight inflation even as the economy slows. The risk for a recession hangs over the cattle markets amid concerns that an economic slowdown would reduce demand for beef, analysts said.
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