Posted by Larry B 1486 on November 17, 2009 at 10:04:35 from (74.138.201.210):
I am usually on the IH site but did not where to post this. I custom bale hay for a living and usually bale, well use to, 6000 plus round bales a year. In this aera, the cattle heards are getting less and less every year. For the last five years my nunber of bales are dropping as well due to the number of cattle left. In the last five years, the number of cows have droped 60% in a 200 mi radius of this aera, southern Illinois. Is this happing in other places as well? I know the US is importing beef from mexico, canada and austruala. I guess the next place will be china. Whats going on? Cheaper beef I guess. Fertlizer and grain prices has also effected the cattle market and grain subisities making farmers planting pasture land. Just wondering if the cattle is disappearing in other parts of the country as well.
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