? for US folks in agriculture - Page 2

Wrong, I have nothing better to do than shoot down your non-sense, which is in no way derogatory, you on the other hand love to run your mouth about me at other forums, which makes you look the fool but here you are everyday on this forum, says a lot about you.

http://247wallst.com/commodities-metals/2014/04/13/beef-prices-at-27-year-high/

What do feedlot cattle eat?

Here is a photo of cattle ration in a feedlot. Can you identify the different feed ingredients?

The feedlots where I have worked started their cattle rations with high-quality forage. This can be something like alfalfa or wheat hay. As the cattle increase intake, they are transitioned to a higher-energy diet. The goal of finish feeding in the feedlot is to provide a diet high in energy that is readily available for digestion.

Corn is the predominant grain used because it is a great source of starch (carbohydrates) utilized for energy. Other grains used include oats, barley, sorghum, distillers (brewers) grains, and by-products of numerous grain and fiber milling processes.  These are referred to as the concentrate portion of the ration.

Corn or wheat silage is a very common feed ration ingredient to be used. It can account for the forage and concentrate portion of the diet. Silage is the entire plant (seed and stalk), harvested in an earlier stage with higher moisture, then stored in an anaerobic environment (without oxygen) where fermentation occurs and breaks down the plant cell walls.

The grains are usually processed to make the starch (carbohydrates), protein, and other nutrients inside the kernel more readily available for digestion. The most popular method I have seen used for corn is steam flaking – the corn is steam flaked to soften the kernel the rolled flat into a flake. Other methods include grinding or dry flaking.

All of the feed ingredients are blended well and fed to cattle 2 to 3 times per day depending on operation.

http://247wallst.com/commodities-metals/2014/04/13/beef-prices-at-27-year-high/

http://www.businessinsider.com/cattle-prices-hit-record-2014-1

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/beef-prices-hit-record-high/

You keep posting those links, meanwhile, I'm going to pick up the wife and take her out for a nice meal.

She is doing great and looks absolutely stunning in the new leather coat I just bought her. It's off white (Vanilla) I believe they call it, with a nice black fur trimmed hood. She loves it, wore it yesterday when we went out to eat.

God Bless

We Need More Ducks! Free Range Fed!
The Two Million Duck March!

I think I've just seen where the world's supply of duck comes from.

Great to hear your wife is doing great. Hopefully she continues to make progress and can come home soon.

Ducks? I don't really care for duck.

ethanol industry was a false economy, kind of special socialism for farmers.

It is said ethanol burns really clean.... What is the deal with the beef? Help me so I can participate in the conversation better.
From India with Love (A Million Ducks)

China
5000 Ducks Stop Traffic in Taizhou, China: Hong Minghsu's Ducks March into Chinese City

In China, 5000 ducks stopped traffic during a walk to their feeding pond. The ducks march in orderly lines through the Chinese city of Taizhou, and Hong Minghsu has about 10,000 ducks on the farm. Hong performs this duck march a few times each year.