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Rising fuel prices add pressure to cattle operations
Livestock producers are adjusting to rising input costs related to the conflict in the Middle East.
Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association executive director Kaitlyn Root says it’s unreal how fast fuel prices have gone up.
“Even just hauling hay. I was talking to a producer the other day that’s like ‘man, with this drought and we’re trying to get hay to Nebraska and Kansas it’s really a pretty horrible time for these fuel prices to rise.”
She tells Brownfield trucking expenses are adding up.
“With the feedlot operations and cow-calf operations, we have cattle moving across state lines all the time. So definitely these prices really impact all of our producers.”
Root says thankfully strength in the cattle market is helping producers handle increasing costs.
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