Economists expect the nation’s cattle herd to either stay steady or continue shrinking into 2025 as producers show caution about restocking amid high production costs and drought potential. Steer ...
On Friday, USDA released its biannual U.S. cattle inventory report showing U.S. cattle totals as of Jan. 1. The report provides inventory data for the nation’s cattle herd, including estimates of the ...
The year kicked off with a cattle inventory estimated to be down 2%, thanks to a 2021 calf crop down 2.3% from the previous year, due largely to the pressures brought on by drought and high input ...
WILL SOON FADE OUT, WE HAD DOWNSIZED FROM ABOUT 600 MAMA COWS. I’VE HAD OVER 200 300 HEAD OF SO RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOME? SIX. THAT’S THE LOWEST I’VE BEEN FOR FOR MANY, MANY, MANY ...
USDA released the latest cattle inventory report earlier this week, and it confirmed contraction is taking place in the U.S. cattle herd. As economists weigh in on what the latest numbers could mean, ...
Several years of drought in many parts of the country have spurred contraction in the U.S. beef cattle herd, and it will continue to get tighter, an agricultural economist said, adding that prices ...