The recent Texas Panhandle wildfires have caused significant cattle losses for individual ranchers, but should not impact beef cattle markets or consumers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist in the Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station, said it may be weeks before there are estimates for lost cattle, but he expects the impact of the wildfire to be localized. Still, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said yesterday that over 6,000 cattle are already estimated to be lost, as…
