Mississippi Business Journal » feed costs http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 12:48:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Drought shrinking ranchers’ profits; consumers to feel impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/25/drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/25/drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:40:59 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60180 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Pictures of wilting corn in the Midwest may dominate the evening news, but the 2012 drought is also shrinking livestock’s profit potential nationwide. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said the drought means livestock, dairy and aquaculture producers will continue to see higher feed prices. “Cattle will [...]

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