# Feed prices will weigh on livestock budgets - Brownfield Ag News

> A CoBank dairy economist says the latest USDA supply and demand numbers were weaker than expected and point to tighter US feed supplies. Attention is also on Brazil's second corn crop, where weather concerns could further lift US feed prices.

- Date: 2021-04-12 · published 2021-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47726-feed-prices-will-weigh-on-livestock-budgets-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter US feed grain supplies and possible Brazilian crop shortfalls support higher corn and feed costs for livestock and dairy buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-10-12 | [More volatility ahead in the livestock markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50749-more-volatility-ahead-in-the-livestock-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2018-05-21 | [2019 could squeeze livestock profitability even more - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65128-2019-could-squeeze-livestock-profitability-even-more-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.4% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2023-07-26 | [Ethanol production shoots higher, stocks up - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35032-ethanol-production-shoots-higher-stocks-up-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -13.9% | -17.3% |
| CORN | 2018-07-12 | [Corn, wheat supported by ending stocks - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64000-corn-wheat-supported-by-ending-stocks-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.9% | +12.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-11 | [Wheat leads on USDA supply, demand changes - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58152-wheat-leads-on-usda-supply-demand-changes-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.2% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/feed-prices-will-weigh-on-livestock-budgets/

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