After a drought, cow nutrition is critical to calving success.
Frigid temps in the Northern Plains and upper Midwest remain in effect.
Dwindling cattle supplies cited as cause for halting production at the Plainview, Texas, facility.
There’s interesting speculation about when and how the nation’s cowherd will start rebuilding.
The individual choice to expand cow numbers is a complex, multi-year decision made difficult by high and volatile input prices.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
Slight improvement noted in the South.
Says weather resembles ENSO-neutral conditions.
