Fattest-Ever U.S. Cattle Herd Signals End to Record Beef Prices
Chicago — Cattle in the U.S. are now the fattest they’ve ever been, signaling an end to the seven-year run of record beef prices just as losses begin to mount for American feedlot owners. Tom Fanning, who manages a feedlot herd of 30,000 in Buffalo, Okla., said he loses $100 to $300 on each animal he sells to slaughtering plants, even though they are bigger and produce more meat than ever. Its worse for other producers. On average,...
Brothers Preserve American Icon
Nestled on a back road of Hobart, Ind., the Broken Wagon Bison farm isn’t exactly what you would expect to find in Hobart. Hobart is home to Southlake Mall, and what can be considered the commercial center of northwest Indiana. But despite that, the Koeppen brothers decided it would be the perfect place to raise a herd of buffalo. The idea came to them in 2003, when they visited Bud Koeppen’s wedding photographer’s farm in Rockville,...
