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AgriLife Extension offers advice on culling, management options
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Future calf sales may not offset feed expenses depending on daily feed costs to keep cows during drought. Courtney Sacco | Texas A&M AgriLife
Tough decisions are being made around Texas as drought conditions force ranchers to cull cattle herds due to lack of forage.
Cattle producers must decide whether to continue feeding by purchasing available hay or find other economical feed options, or simply pare down herd numbers.
Jason Banta, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist, Overton, said phone calls and…
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