Rural Issue
Shrinking cattle herd a growing concern
Continued declines in the nation’s cow herd are a big concern to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Although the cattle market is sending strong signals to cow-calf producers to rebuild their herds, another weather event—this time, the major drought in the Southwest—is causing further reductions in the cow herd.
At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Florida, fellow farm broadcaster Ron Hays and I visited with NCBA’s executive director of producer education Tom Field about the situation.
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