Winds Shift in Cattle Industry

Cheaper Feedstuffs May Bring Feedyards Back to Midwest

Russ Quinn
By  Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter
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(Chart courtesy of Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist)
The ethanol boom, severe and lingering drought in some U.S. regions, changes in land values, and even the aging of the average rancher have pushed fundamental changes in cattle production.

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