06-02-2013 08:43 AM | USA

Meat prices set to soar as cattle farmers battle drought

Texas farmers and ranchers are still watching the skies, hoping for the arrival of spring rains.

The ongoing drought has been tough on the state’s agriculture industry, especially Texas cattle ranchers.

The number of cattle in Texas fell below 4,000,000 this month—the lowest in about fifty years—but Central Texas producers were optimistic at this year’s Blackland Agriculture Conference.
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