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Contact the Beef Today editorial staff: Kim Watson Potts, Editor e-mail kwatson@farmjournal.com Steve Cornett, Editor Emeritus e-mail: scornett@farmjournal.com Sara Brown, Livestock and Production Editor e-mail: sbrown@farmjournal.com

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While the overall cattle inventory was down, placements were higher than expected.
The resolution shifts $55 million from USDA accounts to pay Food Safety Inspection Service inspectors through Oct. 1, 2013.
Placements into feedyards are the lowest for February since the series began in 1996.
A beef reproduction specialist and rancher talk about how important reproduction is to selection and herd improvement.
The 2012 calf crop was estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3%from 2011,which is the smallest calf crop since the 33.7 million born during 1949.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.2 million head on Jan. 1, 2013.
Dwindling cattle supplies cited as cause for halting production at the Plainview, Texas, facility.
Along with feedlot inventory, placement into feedlots during November were 6 percent below 2011.
Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.18 million, 13 percent below 2011.
Placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.00 million, 19 percent below 2011.