NEWS

Rural Water Direct water trigger gun

Rural Water Direct introduces the ANKA spray nozzle trigger gun, designed for full-flow garden hose, wash-down and spray applications.

Unfortunately, drought and abnormally dry conditions continue to expand in a large portion of the south-central region as of this writing. Additionally, current projections through the end of February call for drought to continue in current areas and for drought to develop in almost all of the south-central region.

We’ve turned over the calendar year, and many beef producers in the Northwest are well into winter feeding as well as preparing for calving season.

A general rule of thumb is: It takes 2 to 3 tons of hay to winter a beef cow. If $125 per ton and feeding for 150 days, it’s going to cost $1.70 to $2.50 per cow per day in feed expenses alone – without labor costs and machinery expenses.

Despite the challenges facing the industry at the beginning of the third quarter, the beef industry has processed more fed cattle in third-quarter 2020 than the previous year.