Commodity Feed Source Directory

Commodity Feed Sources for Mississippi Producers

Available commodity feed sources are listed below. This list is provided to assist Mississippi livestock producers in locating feed supplies. It is comprised of information compiled by Mississippi State University Extension Service personnel.

Additional current feed source information is welcomed. To submit a new feed source listing or update to a current listing:

1) Complete a Mississippi Feed Source Listing Submission Form,

2) E-mail listing information to brandi.karisch@msstate.edu, or

3) Fax listing information to 662-325-8873

Manufacturers

Contact Information	Available Feeds
Archer Daniels Midland 4666 Faries Parkway Decatur, Illinois 62525 Office Phone: 800-637-5855 Fax: 217-424-5681	Soybean meal, soybean hull pellets
Ag Fibers, LLC Contact: Kendall Merritt 1301 Ennis Rd. Dothan, AL 36302 Office Phone: 334-699-2848 Cell Phone: 334-806-1672 E-mail: kendall@agfibers.com	Ground peanut hulls, peanut hull meal, peanut hull pellet (guarantee min 8% protein, 3% fat, average 9.5%protein and 4.5% fat)
Agridyne - MIX 30 Liquid Feed Springfield, Illinois 62704 Office Phone: 800-575-7585 ext. 258 Fax: 217-787-4303 Contact: Andrew Jones Cellular Phone: 815-228-7820 E-mail: ajones@mix30.com www.mix30.com	Corn-based, high-energy liquid feed. Can be fed free-choice, in a lick wheel feeder, or blended into a ration
Arkansas SoyEnergy Group, L.L.C. 2780 Hwy. 165 South P. O. Box 700 DeWitt, Arkansas 72042 Office Phone: 870-946-1551 Fax: 870-946-3608 Contact: Terry L. McCullars Cellular Phone: 870-946-9016 E-mail:tmccullars@arkansassoyenergy.com	Soybean meal, soybean hulls, glycerol
Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg, LLC 1833 Haining Road Vicksburg, MS 39183 Office Phone: 601-636-1976 Fax: 601-638-0016 Contact: Debra 'Debbie' Buckelew Cellular Phone: 601-636-0517 E-mail: debra.buckelew@bunge.com www.bunge-ergon-vicksburg.com/grains	Dried distillers grains, dried distillers grains with solubles, wet distillers grains, wet distillers grains with solubles, modified distillers grains with solubles, condensed distillers solubles (syrup)
Bunge Greenville 992 River Grain Road Greenville, Mississippi 38701 Phone: 662-378-8135/8136 Fax: 662-332-9317 www.bungegreenville.com	Grain and oilseed processing by-products
Cargill 1762 West St., Suite 102 Blain, NE 68008 Phone: 888-296-8652	Corn gluten feed available out of Memphis, TN
Con Agra 11 ConAgra Drive, Suite 11-160 Omaha, NE 68102 Phone: 402-595-4384 Fax: 402-516-3263 Contacts: Justin Dabadie or Charlie Mourning E-mail: justin.dabadie@conagrafoods.com	Dried distillers grains, wet distillers grains, wheat midds
DeBruce Feed Ingredients 4100 N Mulberry Drive Kansas City, MO 64116 Office Phone: 800-821-5210 Contact: John Augspurger	Soybean meal, soybean hull pellets, loose soybean hulls, dried distillers grains (DDG), canola meal, whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed pellets
DeBruce Grain 445 Port Terminal Road Rosedale, MS 38769 Office Toll Free: 877-324-7488 Office Phone: 662-759-0000 Contact: Brad Auger	Soybeans, corn, wheat, milo, soybean meal, soybean hull pellets, loose soybean hulls, dried distillers grains (DDG), canola meal, whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed pellets
Furst McNess Co. 1010 E. Rachael Drive Republic, MO 65738 Office Phone: 815-238-0467 Cellular Phone: 815-238-0467 E-mail: mike.smith@mcness.com Contact: Mike Smith	Distillers grains modified or dried, corn gluten feed, soybean hulls, hominy, cotton products, rice products, minerals
Gatlin Feed 147 Bogue Chitto Road SW Bogue Chitto, MS 39629 Office Phone: 601-734-6102 Cellular Phone: 601-754-6810 Fax: 601-833-5507 E-mail: sam@gatlincorp.com Contact: Shane Moak	Cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, soybean hull pellets, dried distillers grain, whole grain corn, cracked corn
Hansen Mueller Grain Co. P. O. Box 1014 Alabaster, AL 35144 Office Phone: 800-388-7894 Cellular Phone: 205-475-5783 Fax: 205-663-5107 E-mail: bran@hmgrain.com Contact: Bran Dill	Dried ethanol distillers (gold and dark pelleted), soybean hull pellets, corn gluten feed pellets, corn screenings, corn, Scandinavian oats, Bright white Canadian oats, Canadian Re-Cleaned oats, 10% peanut pellet, 63% corn gluten meal, hi-pro distillers, and candy feed (chocolate bars). Other ingredients available upon request.
Quito Gin, Inc. 24388 Hwy. 7 South Itta Bena, MS 38941 Office Phone: 662-254-7676 Cellular Phone: 662-299-3373 Fax: 662-254-6315 E-mail: dggqgi0@yahoo.com Contacts: Whitney Rawlings or Sally Presnell	Whole cottonseed always in stock, ready to pick up or be delivered by our trucks to your location, January through August cottonseed is ready for pick up in SW Tennessee or Itta Bena, Mississippi
Riceland Foods P. O. Box 927 Stuttgart, AR 72160 Phone: 870-673-5314	Rice by-products (defatted), soy mill run
Runyon Industries, Inc. 4300 Millington Rd. Memphis, TN 38127 Office Phone: 901-353-4484 Cellular Phone: 901-301-0743 Fax: 901-357-4174 E-mail: Stan@runyonindustries.com Contact: Stan Runyon	Feeding fats, liquid feed, vegetable oil/protein topdress, custom formulation as well as proprietary blends of liquid fat and protein sources
SEMO Milling LLC 261 River Road Scott City, MO 63780 Office Phone: 573-264-2677 Fax: 573-264-1305 E-mail: dbailiff@semomilling.com Contact: Doug Bailiff	Hominy feed made from dry corn milling process
Swartz Ag, LLC 261 Hamilton Road Montezuma, GA 31063 Office Phone: 478-472-0005 Cellular Phone: 318-366-0603 Fax: 478-472-0006 E-mail: rebecca@swartzag.com Contact: Rebecca Elliott	Cottonseed meal, soybean meal, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, fine ground yellow corn

Brokers

Contact Information	Available Feeds
Alpine Ingredients LLC 24 S Olive Street Waconia, MN 55387 Office Phone: 952-556-5553 Fax: 866-450-0761 E-mail: jentemplin@alpinewyoming.com Contact: Jennifer Templin	Acid whey powder, sweet whey powder, lactose, deproteinized whey, delactose whey, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, colostrum, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, whole milk powder, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, potassium caseinate, acid casein, rennet casein, milk protein concentrate, milk protein Isolate, nuts, nut meals, pumpkin seed, sunflower products, sesame seeds, canola products, flax products, millet, milo, safflower, wheat, wheat mids, oat products, dried distilled grains, dried fruits, brewers yeast, buckwheat products, alfalfa products, beet pulp products, feather meal, fish meal, poultry meal, poultry fat grease, rice products, soybean products, egg products
Cereal Byproducts Company Mid-Continent Building 310 Mid-Continent Plaza, Suite 350 West Memphis, AR 72301 870-732-6041, 877-211-3671 www.cerealbyproducts.com	Wide variety of commodity feed products
Cottonseed Brokers Phone: 800-876-1241	Cottonseed products
Craig Canull Columbus, MS Phone: 662-386-6329, 662-240-0500	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
Fairview Mills, LP 604 Nemaha Street Seneca, KS 66538 Office Phone: 417-682-3434 Cellular Phone: 417-214-0974 Fax: 417-682-3011 E-mail: ron@fairviewmills.com Contact: Ron Ellis	Soybean hulls, dried distillers grains, corn gluten feed, wheat midds, hominy, soybean meal, oat products
Feedpail.com Mankato, MN 56001 Office Phone: 507-625-4557 Cellular Phone: 507-340-3950 E-mail:feedpail@feedpail.com Contact: Ryan Cooney www.feedpail.com	Online market for bulk feed ingredients; supplier listings with current availability; reverse auction sourcing tool
Furst McNess Co. 1010 E. Rachael Drive Republic, MO 65738 Office Phone: 815-238-0467 Cellular Phone: 815-238-0467 E-mail: mike.smith@mcness.com Contact: Mike Smith	Distillers grains modified or dried, corn gluten feed, soybean hulls, hominy, cotton products, rice products, minerals
Mid-South Grain and Feed Ingredients 4856 Main Street Flora, MS 39071 Office Phone: 601-879-8311 Fax: 601-879-8751 E-mail: cliffordkinsey@att.net Contacts: Cliff Kinsey, Bo Magoun, Larry McNair	Corn, corn screenings, corn gluten feed pellets, corn gluten meal, soybean hull pellets, soybean meal, distillers dried grains, cottonseed, cottonseed hull pellets, rice mill feed, rice bran, rice hulls, wheat midds, wheat, milo, citrus pulp pellets, peanut hull pellets, salt, phosphate, limestone
Pacific Ag Commodities Corporation P. O. Box 348376 Sacramento, CA 95834 Office Phone: 916-419-8590 Cellular Phone: 530-681-5635 Fax: 916-419-8592 E-mail: info@pacificagcommodities.com Contacts: Christopher Cota www.pacificagcommodities.com	Ground rice hulls, rice mill feed, rice bran, other feeds upon request
PMG Phone: 800-424-4439	Can make complete feeds as needed from commodities
Quito Gin, Inc. 24388 Hwy. 7 South Itta Bena, MS 38941 Office Phone: 662-254-7676 Cellular Phone: 662-299-3373 Fax: 662-254-6315 E-mail: dggqgi0@yahoo.com Contacts: Whitney Rawlings or Sally Presnell	Whole cottonseed always in stock, ready to pick up or be delivered by our trucks to your location, January through August cottonseed is ready for pick up in SW Tennessee or Itta Bena, Mississippi
Rawlings Brokerage Company P.O. Box 126 McComb, MS 39649 Office Phone: 601-684-1241, 800-876-1241 Cellular Phone: 601-594-3078 Fax: 601-684-1337 E-mail: kennonsingley@gmail.com Contacts: Whitney Rawlings, Sally Presnell, or Kennon Singley www.rawlingsbrokeragecompany.com	#2 extra heavy white oats, #2 yellow shelled corn, corn screenings, grain screening pellets, black strap molasses, corn gluten feed pellets, elevator grain dust, dried distiller's grains, WDGS, 17% protein dehyrated alfalfa pellets, alfalfa hay, whole cottonseed, 41% protein cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed hull pellets, 48% protein soybean meal, soybean hulls, soybean hull pellets, dried citrus pulp / pellets "80/20", gin motes, ground peanut hulls, ground rice hulls, hominy feed, milo, peanut Hulls, rill hulls, rice bran, rice mill feed, salt, urea, wheat midds, bakery waste. All subject to availability.
Short & Miller Marketing, LLC 301 South 4th Ave., Suite 979 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Office Phones: 612-465-0417, 662-465-0416 E-mail:jessekrebs@shortandmillermarketingllc.com nathanthimmesch@shortandmillermarketingllc.com Contacts: Jesse Krebs, Nathan Thimmesch	Loose wheat midds, wheat midd pellets, dried distillers grain, hominy, loose soybean hulls, soybean hull pellets, loose corn gluten feed, corn gluten feed pellets, canola meal, soybean meal, citrus pulp, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed meal, whole cottonseed, oat hulls, beet pulp, alfalfa products, whey, linseed meal, sunflower meal; can supply other feedstuffs on request
Smart Brothers Trucking Booneville, MS Phone: 662-720-2194 Contact: Bobby Smart	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
Kenny Summerford Smithville, MS	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
The Commodity Merchant 5384 Poplar, Suite 327 Memphis, TN Phone: 901-682-6698, 800-442-2177	Off specification food grade products (such as soy fiber and soy white flakes)
W. S. Scott Company P. O. Box 165 Clinton, MS 39056 Phone: 601-924-1590	Feed ingredient broker

Dealers

Contact Information	Available Feeds
4W Farm LLC 7450 Gloster Road Meadville, MS 39653 Phone: 601-384-2551, 601-384-0549 Contact: Ike Williamson	Corn, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed meal, soybean meal, soybean hull pellets, corn gluten feed pellets, oats, rice bran, rice mill feed, whole cottonseed, alfalfa pellets, custom mixed feed available in truckload quantities
AgriCommodities, Inc. 3532 Pebble Beach Drive Augusta, GA 30907 Office Phone: 706-869-1075 Fax: 706-869-0146 Contacts: Vicki Ragnow, Paul Rosenzweig Cellular Phone: 706-495-2171 E-mail: vicki@agricommodities.net	Whole corn, dried distillers grains, corn gluten feed pellets, soybean hull pellets, soybean meal, citrus pulp pellets, wheat midds, rice hulls, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed meal, corn screenings, whole cottonseed, hominy, oats; bulk (23-ton truck load) only
Agridyne - MIX 30 Liquid Feed Springfield, Illinois 62704 Office Phone: 800-575-7585 ext. 258 Fax: 217-787-4303 Contact: Andrew Jones Cellular Phone: 815-228-7820 E-mail: ajones@mix30.com www.mix30.com	Corn-based, high-energy liquid feed. Can be fed free-choice, in a lick wheel feeder, or blended into a ration
Boyle Farms Fat Cow Brand Feed 27 Riley Road Duck Hill, MS 38925 Phone: 662-417-0778, 662-230-2702 Contact: Steve or Lee Boyle	Manufacture and sale of custom ordered cattle feed, corn-based or commodity by-product feeds
Brookhaven Milling Company 219 East Congress Street Brookhaven, MS 39601 Phone: 601-833-5121 Fax: 601-833-5144 Contact: Chad Vaughn or Brett Douchard E-mail: brookhavenmill@bellsouth.net	Complete feeds mixed from commodities, medicated feeds and consumption limiters available, available bulk or bagged
Commodity Specialists Company 55 Corporate Woods, Suite 115 9300 W 110th Street Overland Park, KS 66212 Office Phone: 800-767-4577 Fax: 913-345-0704 E-mail: prunkel@csc-world.com Contacts: Peter Runkel, Joe Bourne, Spencer Campion, Ryan McClanahan, James Munger, J. B. Voss, Luke Brainard www.csc-world.com	Fiber Based Feeds: Soybean hulls/soybean hull pellets, citrus pulp, beet pulp, cottonseed hulls/pellets Mid-Protein Feeds: Corn gluten feed, corn hominy feed, cottonseed, DDG, wheat middlings High-Protein Feeds: Corn gluten meal, soybean meal, poultry meal
CyberAg Feed Co., Inc. P. O. Box 12707 North Kansas City, MO 64116 Office Phone: 800-892-5859 Fax: 816-421-3885 E-mail: cyberag@linkcity.org Contact: Lee Shippee, Adam Shippee	Alfalfa pellets, alfalfa meal (bulk and sacked), corn gluten feed pellets, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls (bulk and sacked), cottonseed hull pellets (bulk), DDG, granite grit (bulk and sacked), wheat mill feed (loose and pellets), oat feed (pellets), oyster shell (bulk and sacked), rice bran, rice mill feed, rice hulls, soybean meal, soybean hull pellets
DeBruce Feed Ingredients 4100 N Mulberry Drive Kansas City, MO 64116 Office Phone: 800-821-5210 Contact: John Augspurger	Soybean meal, soybean hull pellets, loose soybean hulls, dried distillers grains (DDG), canola meal, whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed pellets
DeBruce Grain 445 Port Terminal Road Rosedale, MS 38769 Office Toll Free: 877-324-7488 Office Phone: 662-759-0000 Contact: Brad Auger	Soybeans, corn, wheat, milo, soybean meal, soybean hull pellets, loose soybean hulls, dried distillers grains (DDG), canola meal, whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed pellets
FCStone Merchant Services 1001 Underwood Drive Flowood, MS 39232 Office Phone: 402-373-4484 Cellular Phone: 402-618-4405 Fax: 402-861-2520 E-mail: travis.mlady@intlfcstone.com Contact: Travis Mlady	Soybean hull pellets, loose soybean hulls, dried distillers grains, dried distiller grain pellets, soybean meal, soybeans, corn, corn gluten feed pellets, wheat midds, citrus pulp pellets
Gatlin Feed 147 Bogue Chitto Road SW Bogue Chitto, MS 39629 Office Phone: 601-734-6102 Cellular Phone: 601-754-6810 Fax: 601-833-5507 E-mail: sam@gatlincorp.com Contact: Shane Moak	Cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, soybean hull pellets, dried distillers grain, whole grain corn, cracked corn
Hansen Mueller Grain Co. P. O. Box 1014 Alabaster, AL 35144 Office Phone: 800-388-7894 Cellular Phone: 205-475-5783 Fax: 205-663-5107 E-mail: bran@hmgrain.com Contact: Bran Dill	Dried ethanol distillers (gold and dark pelleted), soybean hull pellets, corn gluten feed pellets, corn screenings, corn, Scandinavian oats, Bright white Canadian oats, Canadian Re-Cleaned oats, 10% peanut pellet, 63% corn gluten meal, hi-pro distillers, and candy feed (chocolate bars). Other ingredients available upon request.
Mattox Feed Mill Aberdeen, MS Phone: 662-369-4546 Contact: Ed or Ben Mattox	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
Mid-South Grain and Feed Ingredients 4856 Main Street Flora, MS 39071 Office Phone: 601-879-8311 Fax: 601-879-8751 E-mail: cliffordkinsey@att.net Contacts: Cliff Kinsey, Bo Magoun, Larry McNair	Corn, corn screenings, corn gluten feed pellets, corn gluten meal, soybean hull pellets, soybean meal, distillers dried grains, cottonseed, cottonseed hull pellets, rice mill feed, rice bran, rice hulls, wheat midds, wheat, milo, citrus pulp pellets, peanut hull pellets, salt, phosphate, limestone
Moores Feed Mill Pontotoc, MS Phone: 662-488-0024 Contact: Johnny Moore	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
Neshoba County Gin P.O. Box 326 Philadelphia, MS 39350 Phone: 601-656-3463 Contact: Willie Jackson	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn (shelled and ground), soybean meal, cottonseed meal, oats, custom mix feeds
Phillips Farms Elevator 4042 Highway 16 W Yazoo City, MS 39194 Office Phone: 601-828-3223 Cellular Phone: 662-828-3223 Fax: 662-828-3236 E-mail: info@phillipsfarms.us Contacts: John Phillips, Jordan Miller	Corn, wheat, soybeans
Prairie Mills Feed & Farm Supply 10111 Prairie Mills Road Prairie, MS 39756 Phone: 662-369-6062 Contact: Steve Schrock	Commodity feeds and custom mixed feeds
Quito Gin, Inc. 24388 Hwy. 7 South Itta Bena, MS 38941 Office Phone: 662-254-7676 Cellular Phone: 662-299-3373 Fax: 662-254-6315 E-mail: dggqgi0@yahoo.com Contacts: Whitney Rawlings or Sally Presnell	Whole cottonseed always in stock, ready to pick up or be delivered by our trucks to your location, January through August cottonseed is ready for pick up in SW Tennessee or Itta Bena, Mississippi
Short and Miller Marketing LLC 301 South 4th Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55415 Office Phone: 612-456-0416 Fax: 612-465-0419 E-mail:nathanthimmesch@shortandmillermarketingllc.com Contact: Nathan Thimmesch	Purple cracked corn (enhanced amino acid and antioxidant content vs. yellow corn)
Ware Milling Houston, MS Phone: 662-542-3371, 662-456-9032 Contact: Gale Chrestman	Soybean hull pellets, whole cottonseed, cottonseed hulls, corn gluten feed
W. S. Scott Company P. O. Box 165 Clinton, MS 39060 Office Phone: 601-924-1590 Fax: 601-924-8591 E-mail: ckinsey_jam1@comcast.net Contact: Cliff Kinsey	Corn gluten feed pellets, soybean hull pellets, corn, soybean meal, salt, dicalcium phosphate, whole cottonseed, oats, wheat, wheat midds, corn screenings

Cotton Products

Contact Information	Available Feeds
Berkley Gin Glen Allen, MS Phone: 662-379-1789 Contact: George King	Cotton products
Crossroads Gin Schlater, MS Phone: 662-658-4526 Contact: Wayne Bush	Cotton products
Delta Oil Mill Clarksdale, MS Phone: 662-358-4481 Contact: Scott Middleton	Cotton products
Duncan Gin Phone: 662-265-5828 Contact: Bill Kennedy	Cotton products
Farrell Gin Clarksdale, MS Phone: 662-902-7164 Contact: Mark Crumpton	Cotton products
Greenwood Gin Greenwood, MS Phone: 662-254-7676, 662-515-5711 Contact: Ray Makamson	Cotton products
Lico Gin Greenwood, MS Phone: 662-453-6152, 662-458-0900, 662-453-0815 Contact: David Howard	Cotton products
Mid-Delta Cotton Belzoni, MS Phone: 662-247-3433 Contact: Paulette Penson	Cotton products
Quito Gin Morgan City , MS Phone: 662-254-7676, 662-299-3373 Contact: David Grossman	Cotton products
Schlater Gin Co. Schlater, MS Phone: 662-658-4803, 662-658-4500 Contact: Jay Seahorn	Cotton products
Tunica Gin Tunica, MS Phone: 662-363-6378 Contact: Justin Cariker	Cotton products

Additional Hay and Feed Source Information

Mississippi Hay Directory

Mississippi Market Bulletin

Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries Hay Directory

Arkansas Hay Producers Database

Florida Hay Suppliers

Florida-IFAS Extension Hay Directory

Georgia Cattlemen's Association Hay Directory

Georgia Farm Bureau Hay Directory

Louisiana Feed Suppliers Directory

Louisiana Hay and Feed Suppliers Directory

Louisiana Market Bulletin

Kentucky Department of Agriculture Hay Sales Directory

Missouri By-Product Feed Price Listings

Missouri Hay Market Listings

National Internet Hay Exchange

Oklahoma Hay Directories In State Out of State

Tennessee Hay Directory

Texas Department of Agriculture Hay and Grazing Hotline

Upper Midwest Haylist

USDA Farm Service Agency Hay Net

USDA Memphis Weekly Feed Report

USDA Southeast Weekly Hay Report

Publications

Publication Number: P2514

Beef Cattle Seedstock Marketing

Publication Number: P2485

Growth-Promoting Implants for Beef Cattle

Publication Number: P2551

Identifying Sick or Injured Cattle

Publication Number: P2503

Understanding the Ruminant Animal Digestive System

Publication Number: P2802

Using Live Animal Carcass Ultrasound Information in Beef Cattle Selection

A Mississippi State University specialist stands before a room of seated meeting participants.

Clients offer suggestions to MSU scientists, agents

Filed Under: Commercial Fruit and Nuts, Green Industry, Organic Fruit and Vegetables, Other Vegetables, Nuts, Forages, Beef, Equine, Goats and Sheep, Swine February 26, 2018

Agricultural clients met with Mississippi State University personnel to discuss research and education needs during the annual Producer Advisory Council Meeting for the southwest region February 20.

Two beef cattle grazing in a green pasture.

Grass-fed beef conference set for December in Purvis

Filed Under: Beef November 9, 2017

Producers of grass-fed beef cattle will learn the latest recommendations for producing high quality and profitable livestock.

China beef market access will help cattle producers

Filed Under: Agricultural Economics, Beef September 8, 2017

The first shipment of U.S. beef to China in more than 13 years reached its destination in June, and Mississippi cattle producers are beginning to see modest rewards of new market access.

Current cattle prices in Mississippi are up from a year ago. Lightweight cattle are $1.67 per pound, while heavyweight feeder cattle are around $1.35 per pound. A year ago, lightweight cattle were $1.55 per pound, and heavyweight cattle were in the range of $1.17 per pound.

“The cattle market has exhibited strong demand through most of 2017 despite the increased supply of cattle in the U.S.,” said Josh Maples, an agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. “Prices have generally decreased over the past month, which is due to a combination of seasonal factors and the increased supply.”

Alliance field day set for Aug. 18

Filed Under: Beef August 7, 2017

LUCEDALE, Miss. -- Farmers can learn about free-range livestock rearing and pecan orchard practices during the Aug. 18 Alliance of Sustainable Farms field day.

Sweet Grass Pastures in Lucedale will host the event. Topics include raising pastured poultry, beef and pork using rotational grazing. Attendees will tour the farm’s pecan orchard, and farm owners will demonstrate how to set up a mobile chicken coop and mobile hog fencing.

MSU beef field day covers herd health, production

Filed Under: Beef May 15, 2017

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Cattle producers in south Mississippi can learn about techniques to improve herd health and advancements in production systems during an upcoming field day in Raymond.

The Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station are hosting the Beef Cattle Herd Health Field Day on June 16 at the MSU Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station. The station is located at 1676 Brown Loam Road. The field day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.