Barley

[furrowtickler]

Nice! We have finally come a full circle after 100 years of being under collective marketing.

At least now we have a choice and can act on that choice 👍.
Having no choice is a far far worse situation and was .

[malleefarmer]

Margins must be thin on finishing front, cattle producers how much higher before break even is eroded.

Crazy here wheat easing and barley surging

[Blaithin]

Margins must be thin on finishing front, cattle producers how much higher before break even is eroded.

Crazy here wheat easing and barley surging

If barley goes too high they'll just switch to wheat or buy in corn from the States, whichever is cheaper.

[Partners]

Feed bly beats wht at #1.13.5 pro for us..

[Oliver88]

Margins must be thin on finishing front, cattle producers how much higher before break even is eroded.

Crazy here wheat easing and barley surging

What is your feed barley price?

[furrowtickler]

It’s shocking how many options are out there now and how some companies don’t seem to realize that.

We counted terminals within 1.5 hours of here and easily made it past 15 without including specialty ones like Canada Malts. Too long companies were taking advantage of the convenience factor of being a 15 minute drive away. Now they’re being left behind as grain can be hauled quicker on a 3 hour round trip for a better price than a 15 minute drive and 4 hour line up for a lower price.

Trucking companies may be the real benefiters of this situation though.

Very much the situation here
Sooner or later the local elevators here will run out of the easy pickings and have to actually buy.

[Guest]

If barley goes too high they'll just switch to wheat or buy in corn from the States, whichever is cheaper.

Can you bypass barley altogether for cattle ?
I know nothing about cattle

[woodland]

Margins must be thin on finishing front, cattle producers how much higher before break even is eroded.

Crazy here wheat easing and barley surging

Margins are nil or negative in cattle currently. Right now our yearlings are worth $300+ less than a year ago. Not in a hurry to move them.

[woodland]

70 what?

1.5 tonnes of barley is average to get a steer finished.

Depends.......
Are we talking a 700 pounder going on feed today or a 1100 pound yearling?

[woodland]

Can you bypass barley altogether for cattle ?
I know nothing about cattle

Corn and wheat are going up too. Cattle can eat pretty much anything just can’t switch their diet around a whole bunch while finishing.