Beef 2010: here's what beef producers say about the cattle industry's coming decade

摘要

"Predicting," baseball manager and philosopher Yogi Berra once said, "is tricky, especially about the future." Old Yogi's observation is an obvious truth. But, it points up the challenge that faces all of us each day. What will it take to persevereas a producer in the decade ahead? Overall, the high-income farm and ranch in 2010 will be leaner and more efficient, generating a minimum of 250,000 dollar in gross annual sales. The managers of those operations will be more market savvy, Internet proficient, consumer-oriented, willing to embrace technological change and to seek outside expertise. Most say they'll be buying inputs electronically. That's the profile that emerges of the agriculturist determined to thrive through the year 2010, accordingto an exclusive survey of high-income farmers and ranchers in all agriculture segments Commissioned by the Agribusiness Division of Intertec Publishing, the survey polled readers of the division's nine agricultural trade magazines, of which BEEF is one.These magazines represent every segment of U.S agriculture and every region of the country.