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Dairy producers need to be cautious about how they respond to current feed costs challenges, according to University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist Mike Hutjens.
Decisions that appear on the surface to make sense may make things worse, such as removing feed additives because they add to feed costs; dropping expensive fuzzy cottonseed; adding five pounds [...]
Increasingly, the dominant factor determining corn and soybean prices will be 2008 production prospects in the northern hemisphere, according to University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist Darrel Good.
Beyond acreage, growing season weather in the northern hemisphere will be very important in determining crop size. U.S. production has benefitted from unusually favorable growing conditions since 1996. [...]
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