Feedlots are emptier than usual as tough cattle markets continue
Cattle producers and lenders are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of poor profitability in the feedlot business. A lender and producer from south-central North Dakota talk about the cause, impact and countermoves they’re making. 5:31 am, Feb. 1, 2021
EDGELEY, N.D. For the fourth year, cattle feedlot operators are feeling the pressure from what they’re worried is a no-win market.
Brandon Schweigert, 39, of Edgeley, N.D., says he’s trying to survives the difficult economics for beef feedlot owners by partially-filling his 2,000-head feedlot with bred cows, and hoping for fair winter weather to get them calved out. Photo taken Dec. 29, 2020, near Edgeley, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek