Two years of liquidation, brought about by dry weather conditions in key cattle producing states, have put the beef industry in a tight supply situation, and declining production trends likely will continue throughout 2013 and 2014.

Lee Schulz, ISU Extension and Outreach livestock specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Economics, shares his forecast for 2013, in this ISU News Service article by reporter Fred Love. Read more at: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2013/01/14/2013beef