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US beef prices set to keep falling

Published Sun, Oct 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Washington

CATTLE ranchers who quickly expanded their herds after a prolonged Texas drought now have become their own worst enemies.

The industry-wide buildup was the fastest Shelby Horn, a fourth-generation cattleman with a family ranch in Nebraska, had seen in at least 30 years.

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