B. Server wrote:
> Well don't let anything screw up a good conspiracy theory, but the
> state of Texas, from which comes the third highest agricultural
> output
> in the US has lost upwards of $7Billion in 2011 due to drought. More
> directly, Texas is the largest beef producer in the US and that
> industry lost an estimated $3.23Billion. So you might factor in what
> impact a drop in supply of that magnitude has on prices.
>
> --bs
>
>


Got a buddy in Lometa that sold all his cows last year due to the
drought and cost of feed.
He said that it was the first time in 120 years that he or his family
didn't have any cattle.
There were a lot of others too