TexasBred":pd98ol12 said:
polledbull":pd98ol12 said:
I am buying the Cargill 14% commidity pellet medicated with gainpro $170 per ton, I dont know why hulls are still so high ,
Soyhulls went up back during the drought of 2011 and haven't come down much since in this area. Anything with high fiber went through the roof. $170 sounds outrageously cheap. Gotta have a lot of filler in it, but the Gainpro will make up for some of it.
Why were soyhulls so high? $8 corn and $15 soybeans are the answer. All feeds are based off of the corn price. Hulls will be coming down this fall after harvest starts. Big crop = low commodity prices = lower grain by-product prices. Today in the KC area corn is in the $3.25 range and soybeans are at $9.50. So bulk feed prices should be down, as well. It should also be a good in-the-black year for feeders. When possible/when numbers of feeders allow, you should be buying bulk commodity feeds and blending your own feeds. Buying commodity pellets puts money into the pockets of the feed manufacturer and the broker.