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2012 Midwest drought will continue to have an impact on livestock numbers, prices
Story Date: 12/21/2012
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Source: Hembree Brandon, MEATINGPLACE, 12/19/12
Last summer’s scorching Midwest drought not only took a drastic toll on the nation’s corn yields, it sent livestock feed prices soaring and caused an unusually quick and sharp reduction in beef, pork, and poultry numbers that will have repercussions through 2013, says American Farm Bureau Federation Deputy Chief Economist John Anderson.
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