Feed prices are expected to ease from their recent record peaks, but will remain much higher than they have been over the last decade, according to a report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The FAO’s latest Agricultural Outlook, prepared in association with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said that prices may also become more volatile over the next decade because stock levels remain low and demand for agricultural commodities will become less responsive to price changes.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 02.06.2008. 05:35

Feed prices to remain firm as global economy starts to slow

THE price of some key feed ingredients might have peaked or even eased for now, but the global fundamentals driving the market remain and will inevitably re-inject upward pressure.

That is the general feeling of many in the feed industry, who say that those farmers who have enjoyed the longest contract prices on their winter feeds will be those facing the biggest increases when they come to renew.

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Watch sulfur content in animal feed from ethanol by-products

Recent expansion in the ethanol industry has resulted in larger amounts of corn milling by-products for animal feed. These distillers grains make good animal feed, but sulfur levels must be closely monitored.

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Consider yeast culture as a feed additive for growing and finishing beef cattle

Over the last 60 years, many things have changed in the way we feed cattle.

Cattle have changed, facilities have changed, management has changed, and of course, diets have changed.

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