Cattle on a Chatham-Kent area farm. (BlackburnNews.com file photo by Simon Crouch) Cattle on a Chatham-Kent area farm. (BlackburnNews.com file photo by Simon Crouch)
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3% More Cattle On Feed In U-S September 1st

The USDA says there were more cattle on feed in the 'States on September 1st than there were a year ago.

The department's latest Cattle On Feed report says the increase comes to 3 per cent.

Placements in August were down 5 per cent from a year ago while marketings were down 6 per cent from 2014.

According to the USDA, the 1 point 59 million head of fed cattle marketed in the States in August was the lowest number for August since the series began in 1996.

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