Sounds like most areas are now finally getting something. I realize it is much too late to salvage hay crops in most areas, and I don't know how dryland grass responds to moisture this late in the season, but it was looking like a wholesale liquidation was going to have to happen across western Canada just a few days ago, is that now on hold at least?
With the late or patchy or multistaged grain crops, possibly now coming and potentially getting baled up, or being replaced by greenfeed, will feed prices moderate somewhat? Is second cut an option is most areas even if the first cut was non existent?
A common theme has been that we could afford high feed prices one year (or in many cases that was already 2nd or 3rd), but not again this year, so if feed is high, cows would go to town.
I ask because we were intending to sell our own herd this year( and intended the same last year, but didn't want to give them away while everyone else was too, and had salvaged feed to use up) The assumption was that if it was at least normal rainfall this year prices would rebound a lot with some herd rebuilding going on.
I don't have a very good perspective since we are actually on the wet side here have already had multiple times more rain than we had all of last year, hay crops look exceptional, pastures are way ahead, and we really don't know what a drought is compared to most anyways. I haven't travelled around at all lately.
With the late or patchy or multistaged grain crops, possibly now coming and potentially getting baled up, or being replaced by greenfeed, will feed prices moderate somewhat? Is second cut an option is most areas even if the first cut was non existent?
A common theme has been that we could afford high feed prices one year (or in many cases that was already 2nd or 3rd), but not again this year, so if feed is high, cows would go to town.
I ask because we were intending to sell our own herd this year( and intended the same last year, but didn't want to give them away while everyone else was too, and had salvaged feed to use up) The assumption was that if it was at least normal rainfall this year prices would rebound a lot with some herd rebuilding going on.
I don't have a very good perspective since we are actually on the wet side here have already had multiple times more rain than we had all of last year, hay crops look exceptional, pastures are way ahead, and we really don't know what a drought is compared to most anyways. I haven't travelled around at all lately.
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