Cattle numbers remain low. NDSU Extension Livestock Economist Tim Petry says any herd rebuild is going to be a long process. “The bred heifer numbers we put on this summer were really low so the rebuilding is going to have to come from this fall’s calf crop,” said Petry. Thirty-seven percent of the beef cow herd continues to see drought. “We’ll have to see by spring how many of these heifer calves do get bred, so it’s a slow, slow process.”
