Cattle placed in feedlots dropped 5 percent year-over-year in the latest On Feed report from the USDA. Kenny Burdine, an ag economist with the University of Kentucky says while it was expected, there’s a reason it is significant. “We weren’t importing live cattle from Mexico in December 2024,” he says. “It’s important to remember that […]
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