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A Georgia cattle operation reports that feed costs have risen at least 30% since spring 2020. The farm uses silage as its base ration, with hominy and whole cottonseed added, at about $130 per ton.
Alternative feeds are helping manage costs.
Sustained high feed prices push cattle producers toward cheaper byproducts such as cottonseed and hominy, which shifts demand among feed ingredients. The story describes ration choices rather than a new price shock.
dtnpf.comBecky Mills Progressive Farmer EditorMar 28, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
