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Drought drives cattle Inventory down but consumer demand remains high.

Drought always presents a major challenge, but there are ways to get through it and survive another year.

A Rabobank report examines potential for Lean Finely Textured Beef to recover its position in U.S. food supply.

USDA’s Cattle report indicates that some beef cattle expansion has begun as beef heifer retention increased a modest 1%.

Most analysts expect the nation’s cattle herd to be 1.5% lower compared to year ago.

This is the lowest January 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since the 88.1 million on hand in 1952.

Oklahoma State University market analyst Derrell Peel talks about the growing demand for high-quality beef.

Rental rates for range and pastureland are on the rise, due to increasing demands for corn.

Analysts predicted feedyard placements to be lower but April placements totaled 1.52 million, 15 percent below 2011.