After a long summer, we are winding down into a cooler season, sending the kids off to school, and spotting “pumpkin-spiced” everything everywhere. If you have fed Hydro-Lac® this summer (or any time of the year), let us know what you think! Fill out our survey below to be entered to win a $50 Visa® […]

When you hear the word “transition,” do you automatically think of your pre- and post-fresh cows? Most dairymen do, but there’s another important transition group that requires your attention. That group is made up of calves transitioning off milk and onto a diet made up of dry feeds. Not only are they going through a […]

Changes week over week: Open-market value of weaned pigs and feeder pigs were steady for the week at $35.48 and $49.74 respectively. Carcass prices for the marketing window of pigs placed this week is $63.35 /cwt . Open corn prices for thefeeding period is $4.29 /bu. SBM price for the week is $293 per ton. […]

Your safety and your employees’ safety should be top priority, even during busy seasons such as corn silage harvesting. Here are some tips you can take back to the farm with you during corn silage season: Minimize the number of people on-foot and around areas where silage wagons, trucks, and pack tractors will be passing. […]

Wisconsin Farm Technology Days was held last week July 23-25 in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. At the Form-A-Feed booth we showcased the Tend-R-Leen steers provided by Rising Rock Farms in Ixonia, WI. Attendees had the opportunity to guess the combined weight of the steers for a chance to win a Form-A-Feed clock! The two Tend-R-Leen steers […]

Changes week over week: Open-market value of weaned pigs were up $1-$2 at $36.61 per head and feeder pigs were down by $3 per head at $47.77. Carcass prices for the marketing window of pigs placed this week is $82.28 /cwt   Open corn prices for the feeding period is $4.48 /bu SBM price for […]

Written by Don Cleaver and Daniel Kohls, Form-A-Feed, Inc. Not unlike TMR-fed cattle, warm-season stressors affect cattle finished on self-feeders as well.  In fact, summertime is when we see the greatest amount of management issues arise in cattle fed with this method, especially in heavyweight cattle.  Issues such as bloat, off-feed and founder seem to […]

Summer has officially arrived but “Spring Showers” continue to inundate the mid to southwest regions of the United States. Saturated pastures coupled with humid conditions bring on the threat of lameness and producers need to be on the look-out.  Lameness is the first sign of foot rot, a highly infectious and sub-acute disease affecting cattle […]

There are some positive notes to this month’s cattle feeding projections finding certain classes of cattle back in the black. One thing to definitely highlight is that the low efficiency groups sort themselves to the bottom justifying the cause for better management and quality feedstuffs to ensure a positive return on investment. Feeder calf prices […]

The dairy industry has seen many improvements over the years in dairy nutrition: forage production, harvesting, and storage, cattle facilities, animal husbandry, reproduction programs, milking equipment and procedural strategies, and various management techniques.  These changes and improvements have resulted in updated ‘thumb rules’ and benchmarks that guide dairy managers, employees, and consultants in managing and […]

Changes week over week: Open-market value of weaned pigs were steady at $36.55 per head and feeder pigs were down by $9 per head at $54.04. Carcass prices for the week are $72.38 /cwt. Open corn prices continue to trend higher for the feeding period is $4.50 /bu. SBM price for the week is $311 […]

Form-A-Feed has selected four students out of over 30 applicants to receive a Form-A-Feed scholarship.  Each year Form-A-Feed awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors and first year college students who are pursuing an agriculture related career at a 2- or 4-year college or university. Logan Tesch from Henderson, MN received a $1,000 scholarship. He […]