# Grain, Byproducts Are Options for Cattle During Drought — Extension and Ag Research News

> North Dakota State University Extension advises cattle producers facing drought-driven shortages of pasture and forage to consider cereal grains and byproduct feeds like dried distillers grains as lower-cost energy sources than hay. Hay prices have escalated due to the forage shortage.

- Date: 2017-07-10 · published 2017-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70078-grain-byproducts-are-options-for-cattle-during-drought-extension-and-ag
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven forage shortages push cattle producers toward grain and byproduct feeds, increasing demand for DDGS and corn while hay prices rise, a mechanism that could support feed grain prices in the northern plains.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-10-13 | [Drought affects crop marketing for producers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33731-drought-affects-crop-marketing-for-producers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.2% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2022-03-17 | [Concerns over the drought are growing for farmers as planting season approaches - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13378-concerns-over-the-drought-are-growing-for-farmers-as-planting-season-approaches.md) | +2.8% | +7.8% |
| CORN | 2022-07-27 | [Soybeans, soybean products extend gains - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40517-soybeans-soybean-products-extend-gains-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2025-06-23 | [Escalating drought threatens Europe's ecosystems and agriculture - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24141-escalating-drought-threatens-europe-s-ecosystems-and-agriculture-joint-research.md) | -1.5% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2025-08-22 | [What are the prospects for grain production in Argentina?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13838-what-are-the-prospects-for-grain-production-in-argentina.md) | -0.6% | +7.6% |

## Sources

- ag.ndsu.edu: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2017/july-10-2017/grain-byproducts-are-options-for-cattle-during-drought

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