The Price of Eggs in China

[IlliniApp]

In my county, we produce the most beef cattle in the state. The adjacent county is #2. But we once had a big dairy herd which produces beef as a by-product of milk production. We had both Carnation and Pet Milk commercial milk products while "drinking" milk was processed in plants in MO, OK, and the river valley south of NW Arkansas. Today there are very few dairies left - maybe 4 or 5. And when I started appraising, we had 100 or more. But much land is now being developed into residential properties, so more cattle are being concentrated into larger herds if the farmer is a full time beef rancher. The rest are basically very small herds of 10 -50 animals. Many farms are like my own, producing no cattle anymore. No cattleman can afford $8-15,000/acre land to grow cows on. Many have packed up and moved to NE Oklahoma, Missouri, or south into the River Valley where land is much cheaper.

The cost of feeders is bad enough.

 

[OSU Beavers]