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Southern Plains Drought to Impact Cattle Production in Region for Years
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:09:21 CDT
One of those that we had the chance to visit with during the opening reception of the 2011 Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association Convention and Trade Show was Ross Wilson, President and CEO of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. We talked with Ross about drought conditions and how that is affecting day to day operations of the southern plains feedlots- as well as what the liquidation of mama cows in the southern plains may mean to the US cattle herd in the years to come.
We also talked about the very strong corn basis that is a major worry to cattlemen feeding cattle in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, the three states that are represented by the TCFA.
Wilson's comments are featured on today's Beef Buzz. To learn more about the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, click here to visit their website.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Our picture above is of Ross Wilson (center of picture) discussing the GIPSA rule during the August 2010 workshop on competition issues in livestock marketing held at Colorado State University.
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