A weather and crop specialist with CWB says, while anticipated reduced U.S. corn planting this year will impact feed grain prices, it’s unlikely to alter planting decisions on the western Canadian prairies.
An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri expects record U.S. corn production to result in greatly improved profitability for North American pork producers.
The results of a study by Informa Economics, commissioned by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, shows that the corn industry in Manitoba is stabilizing.
Gowan’s Feed Consulting says, with U.S. ethanol plants extracting increasing amounts of oil from corn dried distillers grains with solubles, it’s becoming increasingly important for pork producers to be aware of the nutritional value of these products.
An animal science professor with the University of Minnesota says the added nutritional variability caused by the extraction of oil from corn dried distillers grains with solubles has raised the need for tools that will provide accurate estimates of the energy values of these ingredients.
An agricultural economist with the University of Manitoba predicts the demand for corn for ethanol will mean a smaller North American swine herd even after feed grain availability returns to normal.
Reduced U.S. corn production due to drought combined with increasing demand for corn for ethanol is expected to shift the feed cost advantage for swine production back to western Canada in the coming year.
A Winnipeg based grain market analyst expects U.S. corn to play a key role in influencing the cost of feeding livestock heading into the fall and winter this year.