Show Logan Utah Wednesday November 1 1174 Meat-Mil- k New As And Finds Favor Hay Forage Feeding Finding nays to beat the high cost of protein in livestock rations has become a fight for survival many cattlemen and dairymen find More and more of them are turning to hay pasture silage and haylage And feeding or pasturing residues is ention Canada satisfactory performance and feeders have to add supplement say the scientists Forage Intake and protein content can be improved by early 0 bloom) cutting to ensure high digestibilty (65 per cent) and utilization of the protein Forage intake is also greater when dry hay or wilted silage is fed without a preservative In the search for protein there are two programs dairymen and cattlemen can turn to say agronomists and animal scientists crop new getting gains However forage quality or intake is often too low for att- (1-1- of Department Agriculture scientist say under normal conditions good hay or grass silage can be the cheapest form of feed energy and protein Grass and clover mixtures have all the nutrients required for maintenance of ruminants as well as for much of production in the form of milk or weight cost-save- rs FI the One is forage quality other forage testing This way you will know exactly how good your forage is and not add any more sup- plemental protein than is absolutely necessary of Nebraska University animal scientist Foster Owen explains that today forage quality has a significance magnified beyond anything every known Could Cover Up Until two years ago many dairymen felt they could cover forage by up for feeding larger quantities of grain At the present price of grain rations they must stop y CATTLE SLAUGHTER A 73imii 650 600 and take another look he says Harlow Hodgson principal agronomist for the USDA’s Cooperative Research Service suggests ths same holds true for cattlemen in many ways Forages — harvested forage pasture rangelands and crop residues — provide more than 75 per cent of the feed units consumed by all beef cattle he says And they provide 65 per cent of all tlie feed units consumed by dairy cattle in the United States As to forage quality and Hodgson predicts production forages will have to play an role In beef increasing even though there is production a reduction in acreage devoted to them in advances Significant livestock management must be made to capitalize on the forage resource he says Nebraska’s Foster Owen notes that alfalfa is the predominant forage crop used in dairy rations in his state But he says other high protein forages can be used to lower the cost of protein in the ration as well When the price of soybean meal is 5100 a ton ordinary good alfalfa hay is worth $46 a ton when soybean meal sells at 5200 a ton alfalfa is worth $69 a ton Owen notes The advantage for high quality alfalfa is even greater he points out To determine if you’re feeding high quality alfalfa you need a forage test says Owen Another Way of Wisconsin University 550 500 450 JAN MAR FEB US DEPARTMENT APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG 5EPT OCT OF AGRICULTURE NOV DEC LIVESTOCK DIVISION AMS dairymen Neal Jorgensen and Terry Howard presented the case for alfalfa quality in still another way When cut at first flower alfalfa has about 20 to 21 Cattle Market Virginia to Louisiana week The prices on average choice steers in both the county and 0 auction trade were: 700400 500400 $25433 400500 $24433 309400 $24434 and under 300-uto 000-70- $27-43- 4 $27-43- p 430- - - SLAUGHTER Top prices were hard to come by last week as most packers were afraid to step out The rain in the Corn Belt brought more cattle to the terminal markets and as a result prices were under pressure The general price ranges on average choice slaughter steers at the fecdlot at late week were: Idaho $315043050 Montana $30430 Washington and Oregon $397544025 California $49441 Arizona $4044050 Colorado Texas Kansas Nebraska and Iowa $395044050 and Eastern Corn Belt $40442 DRESSED — Prices continued to fluctuate last week with sharp pressure at late week The supplies of dressed beef continue to be ample keeping some pressure on the entire complex The general price ranges on choice 0 pound steer carcasses in carlot volume were: $6546525 on the East Coast unquoted in Chicago $63464 in the Midwest poorly tested in the Panhandle and $67 Ln Los Angeles — Hide and offal for last week were estimated at $327 compared to $332 the previous week and $483 the year before 600-70- forages are providing both energy and i in beef and dairy K‘ Kentucky dairy apedalist Hess says forage is almost always the lowest-cosource of nutrients for the dairy Gordon st cow in his State Energy can be provided cheaper through com silage than in any other way he points out Protein is less costly provided as home-raise-d alfalfa hay or silage than In any othe form of Georgia University agronomist W H Sell says forage crops may be the way to supply desirable meat protein in the future Results show cattle have been fed to desirable slaughter quality with forages plus some grain in tests at several Georgia locations he reports In one test weaned calves with an average weight of 466 pounds were grazed for 198 days on a temporary winter grazing mixture of oats ryegrass and wheflti They weighed 646 pounds at the end of the grazing period Four per cent of them graded choice and 86 per cent good Time la Ripe 100 pounds The quotations were: No 1 ordinary $470 No 10 protein $470 No 11 protein $480 No 12 protein $495 No 13 protein $525 white wheat $470 and barley $690 NATIONAL — Wheat and feed grains traded in a mixed price trend last week The harvest put some downward pressure on prices as did the rapidly improving winter wheat prospects Some short crop items namely barley and nor- per Trade was less active last week than the previous two weeks Feedlots were cutting back on the number of yearlings they were buying as the fed market became more sluggish and the lower futures market provided little opportunity for hedging : The prices on yearling feeder cattle were fully steady however Calf trade was also more restricted as continued rain in wheat pastures prevented cattle from being turned Into muddy Holds The prices were weaker on calves In the Country trade and were 1 to 12 lower in the auctions by late — Maker per cent protein they point With soybean meal at $200 a ton it is worth $92 a ton If you cut alfalfa at full flower protein content has dropped to around 12 to 14 per cent and its value as feed has plummeted by more than $37 a ton Cows will eat more high quality hay that has been cut at first flower they add from In the Southeast Cache Valley Agriculture Report FEEDER The HsruM Journal — 12 thern spring wheat remained strong Mexico purchased a fair amount of yellow corn alter an early frost wiped out a large portion of its crop Domestic feeding interest was alow and the overall export volume was light due to some slow vessel arrivals In port Kansas City hard winter wheat tfropped 2 cents with ordinary protein at $508 per bushel as the new crop Improved with some generous amounts of rain over wide areas improving a op prospects Chicago soft red winter wheat fell 3 cents at $500 per bushel Dark northern spring wheat markets turned stronger with terminal buyers giving the main support Ordinary protein went up 29-2- cents at $558 with 14 per cent protein up cents at $5794590 per bushel Hard amber durum held at $7494740 per bushel Minneapolis rye advanced 15 cents at $355 with a good mill demand Chicago No 2 yellow com went up 6 cents at $369 Kansas City White com declined 55 cents at $530 with receipts showing much poor quality grain going through that’s not suitable for milling Chicago white oats went up 8 cents at $193 but Toledo's price fell 1 cent at $187 per bushel 0 cents at Minneapolis best malting barley shot up $4804464 per bushel with broad buyer interest for the short crop Feed grade barley held unchanged at $3154325 per 4-- 13-2- bushel (Continued on page 13) Marvin Heeney Colorado animal State University scientist thinks the time is ripe for a more careful look at crop residues and aftermath feeds a a source of livestock feed IBs state has a good supply of them Mast plentiful of the crop residues In Colorado is small pain straw mostly wheat and barley but some oats and rye he reports The rye straw should be used for bedding only or returned to the soil he saysThe others can furnish feed if they are piemented with protein energy values are comparable to hey Heeney adds Atone time they used a bile of alfalfa hay to one of straw when feeding range cows during the winter Heeney recalls It gave a good balance as far as nutrients such as energy phosphorus vitamin A and protein were concerned Also Heeney notes there is considerable milo stubble in southeastern Colorado that can be grazed or harvested after the pain is combined Some people harvested it as dige havee by adding some extra moisture to It when it is put in the do he adds Milo or sorghum stubble is higher in crude protein thin the straws is is wheat pasture Heeney notes And of course so is aftermath like beet tope and alfalfa hay in years when there is a long fall season Beet fops are widely used and s GRASS AND FORAGES are playlig creasing role si the meat-mil- k little goes to waste Heeney acknowledges His general recommendation is that livestock growers look at total aftermath and residues available to see if they can't supplement the low protein ones with those higher in protein This can save protein supplement costa where top weight gains are not the aim Better Residue Use Better use of crop residuesis being recommended in many States John Ward University of Nebraska animal scientist says increasing cost of land for grazing cattle makes it imperative to use this forage source resulting from pain production more efficiently Grain has been the number one objectiveof crop production in Nebraska while the forage it produces is usrd inefficiently or not at all Ward emphasizes these crop residues need to be supplemented properly R L Vetter Iowa State University animal an la- - and dairy cattlemen since grain costs have soared out of sight (New HoDaad Photo) stocking rate of two acres per greater rather than less The s cow about 40 to 50 per long-tertrend clearly of acre can be expected be one to be seems continuing high prices for grain Beef cows in midgestation and he thinks in medium fleshing should hold The end result of this predicts their weight with this stocking Hodgson is that some of our best rate if they are provided with a forage lands will be converted to balanced mineral and vitamin grain or soybeans At the same supplement he adds time higher grain prices will Harvested residues and lead to fewer grain-fe- d dairy and grazed aftermath as yet are only beef cattle be foresees a part of the picture As Feeder cattle will probably be far as dairymen are concerned carried to heavier weights on Nebraska's Foster Owen forages before entering feedlots suggests high protein forages There will be less forage land like alfalfa should be substituted available but more demand for for low protein forages such as forage he feels corn silage wherever practical Hodgson says beef and dairy Alternatives supplies may become limited in Use of alternative grain ration the face of an Increasing' oats demand from the urea Ingreadients public if sorghum grain rye and by- forages and forage feeding do product feedstuffs offer far- not receive more attention mers ways to reduce feed costs And if we do not use forages to he concludes a greeter extent in the On the whole question of future production of milk and beef both forage use the USDA’s principal could become luxury items as a agronomist in federal and state result be thinks cooperative efforts Harlow Maybe it’s time to stop Hodgson has this to offer wasting costly feed energy to He points out parts of both the produce a pound of fat when the beef and dairy Industries have customers want a pound of lean become highly feed-grai- n instead some students of the dependent We are aU well problem say ' aware of the financial situation It tikes from five to seven they fees as a result times more feed energy to The situation is not likely to produce a pound if fat than a improve for them Hodgson pound of lean University of says Worldwide demand for Nebraska livestock specialist feed grains is likely to become Dave Hendricks concludes producer for beef dentist reports numerous studies show cornstalks are an economical source of feed for beef cows He recommends a combination of whole-fiel- d grazing and controlled feeding of fieldstored harvested corn residue as a satisfactory system for winter pazing of cornstalks Weather permitting with conventions! grazing'”and a cow-day- m con-dud- es Grain Market ARE YOUR OGDEN — Grain prices this morning at the Ogden Farmers Grain Cooperative were steady to slightly up in some classifications from those of one week ago No 11 12 13 and 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