# Maximizing Profits Under Drought Conditions, Higher Input Costs, and National Herd Liquidation | UNL Beef | Nebraska

> A University of Nebraska beef economist discusses how drought, higher input costs and national herd liquidation are shaping cow-calf producer decisions. He notes prospective corn plantings are down as more growers shift to soybeans, which points to higher corn prices.

- Date: 2022-08-01 · published 2022-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39970-maximizing-profits-under-drought-conditions-higher-input-costs-and-national
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued herd liquidation and drought-reduced hay supplies tighten feeder cattle supply, while fewer corn acres could lift feed grain costs for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2021-11-10 | [The Cycle of Drought, Cowherd Liquidation and Higher Feeder Cattle Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44208-the-cycle-of-drought-cowherd-liquidation-and-higher-feeder-cattle-prices.md) | -1.4% | +3.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-06-19 | [Improving pasture conditions bolster feeder calf demand \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35627-improving-pasture-conditions-bolster-feeder-calf-demand-ag-proud.md) | -0.5% | +5.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-24 | [Drought conditions pull cattle forward in 2022; limited cattle supplies draw down 2023 production - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41082-drought-conditions-pull-cattle-forward-in-2022-limited-cattle-supplies-draw.md) | -0.7% | +3.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-01-01 | [As drought tightened cattle production, 2023 markets soared  - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32247-as-drought-tightened-cattle-production-2023-markets-soared-high-plains-journal.md) | +0.7% | +8.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-08-13 | [How this summer's drought could have you paying high beef prices again next year \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45514-how-this-summer-s-drought-could-have-you-paying-high-beef-prices-again-next.md) | -0.3% | -2.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-11-10 | [The Cycle of Drought, Cowherd Liquidation and Higher Feeder Cattle Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44208-the-cycle-of-drought-cowherd-liquidation-and-higher-feeder-cattle-prices.md) | +0.7% | +6.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-24 | [Drought conditions pull cattle forward in 2022; limited cattle supplies draw down 2023 production - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41082-drought-conditions-pull-cattle-forward-in-2022-limited-cattle-supplies-draw.md) | +1.3% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-01-01 | [As drought tightened cattle production, 2023 markets soared  - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32247-as-drought-tightened-cattle-production-2023-markets-soared-high-plains-journal.md) | -0.4% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- beef.unl.edu: https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2022/maximizing-profits-under-drought-conditions-higher-input-costs-and-national-herd/

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