Economist says heifer retention isn’t enough to grow the cattle herd

A livestock economist says the latest Cattle on Feed report shows no signs of widespread expansion in the cattle herd. Kenny Burdine with the University of Kentucky says the USDA estimates 38.7 percent of on-feed inventory is heifers. “It’s definitely not a number that implies that we’re retaining heifers enough to grow a cow herd,” […]

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