Randy Blach says times are good in the cattle business and producers should feel good about it.
"If you've been around this business for any period of time, you're probably feeling pretty good today, and darn it, we shouldn't have to apologize for these high prices. They're a long, long time coming," said Blach, president and CEO of Cattle-Fax.
Blach spoke at the annual Red Meat Club dinner, recently sponsored by the Friends of the National Western Stock Show.
"When you think about this business between 1980 through 1990, we lost 20 million head of cattle in our inventory," Blach said. "Demand for beef was cut in half. In 1980, we were exporting 1 to 2 percent of our beef production.
"Today we export 12 to 13 percent of our total production. We export 24 percent of our total pork production. We export 20 percent of our poultry production. Last year 18 percent of our protein was exported." [Read More]
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