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Cattle Numbers Must Increase To Maintain Infrastructure
2014-02-08 19:23:00| Beef
Unless the beef cow herd begins to expand, more infrastructure will exit the business, leading to few cows yet and so on. Any increase in beef cow numbers is expected to remain modest in 2014 for at least three reasons, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University, Extension agricultural economist, in his recent market analysis. The cost to retain heifers is very high; cow-calf producers had a long period of narrow margins, and they want a longer period of strong margins to build their confidence to take on the market uncertainties; drought/dryness still covers substantial areas of brood cow production areas. read more
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