US cattle placements increase despite tight supplies, with drought and market signals driving decisions

An ag economist says cattle placed into feedlots were up 4 percent from last year. Charley Martinez is with the University of Tennessee.  “Part of the reason why we see that and kind of going against the trend that we saw last year,” he says.  “I think drought’s really putting some pressure on folks throughout […]

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