Oklahoma Ranchers Predict Beef To Rise To $50 per Pound Read More: Oklahoma Ranchers Predict Beef To Rise To $50 per Pound

I don’t know about you but my average grocery bill has just about doubled in the last year. I’m not eating more of or higher priced meals, it’s just the normal response to inflation. As fuel rises, the price of everything else does the same… but inflation isn’t what Oklahoma’s ranchers fear for the future of their industry. It’s the drought.

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The whole state of Oklahoma is currently classified in a state of drought. Some areas are considered “abnormally dry” while others are listed as experiencing “extreme” drought status, but that’s not painting the full picture that is happening across the entire beef industry right now.

During periods of past drought, it hasn’t historically been a widespread occurrence. It’s usually one region or another suffering from dry conditions, and the other regions have been able to support those in need.

For example, during Oklahoma’s last deep drought, about a decade ago, the dry conditions were mostly limited to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. The Heartland as people tend to call it. Producers out east, west, and north were able to produce the hay and feed products to keep our beef industry chooching at a premium price. That’s not the case during this drought…….

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