Producer Profiles

Increased imports of Mexican cattle have supplemented dwindling U.S. feeder cattle supplies the past two years. Mexican cattle imports increased 16 percent from 2010 to 2011 to 1.42 million head.

Great cattle and friendships come full circle in this supply network committed to producing high-quality beef.

That was some 12 years ago and, since then, he’s proven time and again those first indications were right on course.

With over 500 years of production agriculture under its belt, you would think that Puerto Rico had run out of ideas for agricultural success.

Anne Burkholder was unlikely to become the nationally recognized feedyard operator and beef industry advocate she is today.

You know about it – the view from 60,000 feet that non-rural folks refer to as “flyover” country.

But how many people really see the big picture from far enough away to take in its immensity and yet take that view and build a legacy on it?

I’m what you might call an unconventional cattlewoman. When I tell folks I hail from south-central Pennsylvania, cattle country isn’t the first thing they think of. They find it hard to believe that Pennsylvania ranks 20th in the nation for beef production and is home to approximately 1.6 million head of cattle.