![]() While producers in the eastern Corn Belt and Southeast have received some drought relief, Hurt points out that 62% of the lower continental U.S. The implications are for continued cow reductions until feed and forage supplies are restored.” “The mid-year estimates were already reflecting a 4% decrease in the national beef-cow herd, and that was before the impacts of the 2012 drought began to be felt. beef cow numbers are likely to be 2-3% lower in the upcoming January inventory report,” says Chris Hurt, an agricultural economist at Purdue University.
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