Items by Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Corn and Soybean Budgets | 2024 Advanced Options
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 31, 2024
Purpose: This Decision Aid has been constructed to help producers budget for corn and soybean production. Machinery Options Evaluated: No-Till Corn, Conventional Tillage Corn, Customized Corn, No-Till Soybeans, Conventional Soybeans, Customized Soybeans.
Corn and Soybean Budgets | 2024 Western Kentucky
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 31, 2024
Purpose: This Decision Aid has been constructed to help producers budget for corn and soybean production. Machinery Options Evaluated: No-Till Corn, Conventional Tillage Corn, No-Till Soybeans
Corn and Soybean Budgets | 2024 Central Kentucky
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 31, 2024
Purpose: This Decision Aid has been constructed to help producers budget for corn and soybean production. Machinery Options Evaluated: No-Till Corn, Conventional Tillage Corn, No-Till Soybeans
Stocker Outlook for 2024
By Kenny Burdine | Extension Professor and Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 28, 2024
Temperatures are getting warmer, the grass is getting greener, and the calf market is starting to take off. These are tell-tale signs of spring in Kentucky, and we are experiencing all three.
Grain Profitability Outlook 2024
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Feb. 28, 2024
Grain prices have dropped dramatically in the last year. Current prices for 2024 new crop delivery are around $4.15/bu for corn, $11.00/bu for soybeans (2/23/23). This is a decrease of around $1.00/bu for corn and $1.75/bu for soybeans compared to what these prices were expected one year ago (see Figure 1).
Cow-Calf Profitability Estimates for 2023 and 2024 (Spring Calving Herd)
By Kenny Burdine | Extension Professor,
Jonathan Shepherd | Extension Specialist,
and Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Feb. 28, 2024
The purpose of this article is to examine cow-calf profitability for a spring calving herd that sold weaned calves in the fall of 2023 and provide an estimate of profitability for the upcoming year, 2024. Table 1 summarizes estimated costs for a well-managed spring-calving cowherd for 2023. Every operation is different, so producers should eva
5 Commandments for Bale Grazing in the East
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Jan. 30, 2024
Bale grazing in the eastern U.S. has its challenges compared to traditional, more Northern regions where the system is used. To be successful in areas with more moderate winters, you need to do a few things differently. In my experience, there are a number of fundamental concepts that need to be followed to make bale grazing work well here.
Beef Enterprise Budgets
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor,
Kenny Burdine | Extension Professor,
and Steve Isaacs | Extension Professor
Published on Nov. 1, 2023
This publication contains budgets for production of selected livestock enterprises in Kentucky. The purpose of these budgets is to serve as a management and decision-making guide for current and prospective producers of these enterprises.
Prospects for Winter Backgrounding 2023-2024
By Kenny Burdine | Extension Professor and Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Oct. 30, 2023
After several years of cattle selling at frustratingly low price levels, continued herd liquidation has led to tight supplies and much higher calf prices in 2023. While markets have pulled back in recent weeks, calves and heavy feeders are moving at prices $50 to $70 per cwt above what was seen a year ago.
Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Budget | 2023-2024
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Oct. 1, 2023
Purpose: This Decision Aid has been constructed to help budget for wheat or wheat double-crop soybean production. Machinery Options Evaluated: No-Till Wheat, No-Till Weat and No-Till Soybeans Author(s) Contact Information:
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