Herd liqudiation might be slowing, but expansion isn’t underway

A livestock economist says the percentage of heifers on feed indicates there’s no major expansion happening in the U.S. cattle herd. Kenny Burdine is with the University of Kentucky. “Heifers as a percent of total On Feed inventory as of April 1 of this year, forgive me for the precision, but it is 37.6%,” he […]

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