Jack Dillard: Be Aware of the Total Picture of the Beef Market

By Jack Dillard, The Times, Shreveport

The cattle numbers in our beef herd in the Ark-La-Tex is not the determining factor on most farms and ranches in our area, as most farmers are good managers and lots have mineral interests that keep our places solvent. Yet a profit or loss can come from the way we handle our livestock.