1. Agriculture officials are predicting significant reductions in corn and wheat crops, as well as increased cost of raising cattle as ranchers buy supplemental feed. 2. Facing dry pastures and record corn prices, ranchers throughout much of Texas are wondering how long they can buy costly feed for their herds. 3. I needed that money to buy feed for Maggie. 4. If the supply of feed is low or of poor quality, some farmers are going to have to buy feed elsewhere to supplement. 5. Instead of talking reduction, the tribe has traditionally handled the problem by providing subsidies to tribal ranchers to buy feed and haul water during periods of drought. 6. Ranchers must buy feed from as far away as Michigan. 7. The station buys the feed from Morningstar Radio Network of Nashville. 8. Without grass for their cattle to graze on, many have been forced to buy feed, cutting sharply into any hopes for profits. 9. In the poultry industry, for example, meat and egg production has virtually collapsed because companies cannot afford to buy imported feed. 10. Most egg farmers have been forced to sell all their chickens in order to gain returns on their investment and buy feed for chicks. |