From Pen to Platter Beef Industry Overview
From 45 million pounds of steaks and chops consumed daily in the United States to 13 million head of cattle hogs and sheep on 5.5 million farms the livestock trade fuels 24 cents of every farm dollar and employs 29 million people. Western ranges ship carloads of beef to corn belt feedlots each fall as 13 corn belt states supply six percent of all beef and much of the feed. This bird's-eye view outlines the live stock and meat industry.
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United States
Corn Belt
Oil Boom Lifts Kansas From Drought Era Struggles
Kansas emerges from years of drought and dust storms as oil wells surge in production. By March 1 there were 12,198 producing wells with a potential output of over 3 million barrels daily, led by western and southwestern counties. The industry, once costly to develop, now powers a major economic shift with hundreds of wells across multiple counties yielding rising revenue and payments to workers.
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Topeka
Kan
Ansas
Kansas
State Exrporetion Commission
Kersas
Indestry
Stote
Homer Hoyt
Corporation Commission
Fanses
Hareners
Urest
Beng
Daly
Germers
Gold Rush Camp Growing into Big Canadian Town
Zeballos British Columbia shows rapid growth as the gold rush expands. Reports indicate a surge of prospectors and residents, with more than 120 claims staked by 1835. Two major developments are under way, transforming the camp into a burgeoning town.
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Zebalos
Permmasters
Srike
Operetina
Moisture Storage Hope Restores Arid Dakota Farmland
Farmers in western North Dakota facing seven years of drought finally see a positive shift as rains arrive after last summer. The segment notes that moisture storage and reservoir buildup will support a better growing season, lifting long standing gloom among growers in the Missouri River region.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Missouri River
Seasoi
Father 70 Greets Stork's 30th Visit
William T. Whs, seventy of Belén, welcomed a son at his home marking the stork's thirtieth stop. The report notes he has had four marriages and eleven children, with the latest birth sustaining his long family story.
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Father
Stork
Banton
William T. Whs
Belén
Withs
Willis
Wills
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Mississippi River
Marke
Dousewtry
Expositaire Bayve
Livestock Shipping & Lm
Stamais
The
National Livestock and
Great Goaré
Belery Ste
Tesk
Dil
Dakota
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