Cheap corn isn’t enough to keep U.S. cattle herd growing
Beef prices set records in 2014 due to short supplies and rising demand in the U.S. and overseas, encouraging cattle producers to chase profits by expanding their herds. Now, despite declining prices for corn, they’re cutting back because slaughter cattle prices this year are forecast by USDA to be an average 18 percent lower than… » Read More
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