# Farmer-feeders may be fading

> Iowa's smaller farmer-feeder cattle operations are marketing fewer cattle in 2018 despite expanding calf crops for three straight years and supportive corn prices. The trend suggests a possible structural change in how cattle feeding is distributed across the state.

- Date: 2018-11-21 · published 2018-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62182-farmer-feeders-may-be-fading
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A shift away from farmer-feeders could change the timing and regional pattern of cattle marketings and feed demand, which matters for feed buyers in corn-belt feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- FCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2016-08-24 | [Fall Feeder Cattle Market Prospects \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9394-fall-feeder-cattle-market-prospects-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -2.7% | -6.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-01-01 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61233-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed.md) | -0.8% | -4.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-11-29 | [Cattle on Feed \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68120-cattle-on-feed-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -4.3% | -6.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-31 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56728-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed-center-for-commercial-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | -1.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2016-08-26 | [Eastern Cornbelt Direct Feeder Cattle - 8/26/16 \| Livestock Market Reports \| lancasterfarming.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9396-eastern-cornbelt-direct-feeder-cattle-8-26-16-livestock-market-reports.md) | -6.4% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2019-06-26 | [Canadian farmers expect to plant fewer canola seeds amid ongoing China row](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58583-canadian-farmers-expect-to-plant-fewer-canola-seeds-amid-ongoing-china-row.md) | -5.8% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2026-06-30 | [Canadian farmers seed record canola acres: StatCan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18841-canadian-farmers-seed-record-canola-acres-statcan.md) | +4.1% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2016-12-12 | [Grain market steady after USDA report - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73541-grain-market-steady-after-usda-report-farmers-weekly.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/livestock/farmer-feeders-may-be-fading

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