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Late, Dry Spring Threatens Expansion
2014-04-12 15:55:00| Beef
Five states among the top 10 beef cattle states have the largest areas (percent of state area) of marginal drought conditions. Current weather outlooks expect drought to persist into the summer from southwest Kansas to areas south and west. An El Nio is forecast to develop this summer or fall, which will likely bring some relief to much of this region but perhaps not soon enough to avoid additional liquidation in the first half of 2014, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specilist at Oklahoma State University. read more
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