North Carolina-The New Feeding State?

摘要

You've heard it over and over. Cattle can't be finished in the Southeast. It's a corn-deficit area and there's a shortage of harvest facilities for fed cattle. Apparently Waynesville, NC, cattleman John Queen didn't listen. So what makes him think hecan compete, especially in years like this when Midwest feedlots are surrounded by mountains of corn? And diesel is sky high? "We'll never be able to compete price wise on corn with the Midwest," Queen concedes. "There's a freight hickey of at least 50c,sometimes 70c. We have a pretty good supply of corn within 50 miles, but when it's 1.75 dollar in Iowa it's 2.50 dollar in North Carolina. Here, we're hoping our climate is more ideal year round and the average daily gain should offset the extra expense."