Greener Pastures Signaling Rebound in U.S. Beef Supplies
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Signs of a rebound in U.S. beef supplies are taking shape with the changing color of the pastures on Glen Cope’s 2,000-acre ranch in Aurora, Missouri.
“It’s so green and lush,” Cope, 35, a fourth-generation calf breeder, said of the knee-high grasses that feed his cows about 55 miles from the Oklahoma border. “We’ve been getting plenty of rain. 2014 so far has let us consider expanding once again and make up for the numbers that we sold off.”