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<blockquote data-quote="ArrowHBrand" data-source="post: 413959" data-attributes="member: 6496"><p>Two weeks ago I went into our local elevator to order cracked corn/whole oat bulk feed and about passed out when she told me the price of oats. It was almost the same price as corn! Using corn to produce ethanol is a part of the drastic price increase of feedstuffs, but also the cost of fuel is pushing the prices up too. If the extra acreage you have is tillable maybe have some oats planted or hay planted. Hay is also going up up up. If that's not possible I would just sit on it. What goes up must come down and when it does come down, you will have the space to expand. Right now not many people can feed a large herd and I think large ranchers are diversified enough that they can supplement their income by selling hay or custom feeding livestock. I just don't know how long these prices can stay up and not push out the small producer. There are more cattle produced by the small producer than by the large producer. It's going to be interesting to see how long ethanol will be made from corn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArrowHBrand, post: 413959, member: 6496"] Two weeks ago I went into our local elevator to order cracked corn/whole oat bulk feed and about passed out when she told me the price of oats. It was almost the same price as corn! Using corn to produce ethanol is a part of the drastic price increase of feedstuffs, but also the cost of fuel is pushing the prices up too. If the extra acreage you have is tillable maybe have some oats planted or hay planted. Hay is also going up up up. If that's not possible I would just sit on it. What goes up must come down and when it does come down, you will have the space to expand. Right now not many people can feed a large herd and I think large ranchers are diversified enough that they can supplement their income by selling hay or custom feeding livestock. I just don't know how long these prices can stay up and not push out the small producer. There are more cattle produced by the small producer than by the large producer. It's going to be interesting to see how long ethanol will be made from corn. [/QUOTE]
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