Missouri’s Severe Heat And Drought Resulting In Livestock Selloffs And Slaughter
August 24, 2023 6:59AM CDT
FILE – In this June 10, 2020 file photo, cattle occupy a feedlot in Columbus, Neb. The nation’s largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. Sysco recently filed a federal lawsuit in Texas accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef of price fixing. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
(Missourinet) Missouri’s farmers and ranchers are trying to recover from 2022’s drought, this summer’s drought, and the extreme heat.
It’s having a compound effect resulting in widespread selloffs or slaughter of livestock.
That’s Elizabeth Picking, Field Specialist in Livestock for MU Extension.
For the livestock who are left, the extreme heat has also resulted in decreased production because of heat stress.