Stunning Fact: Drought Plunges Texas & US Cattle Herd To Lowest Level Since 1952

John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Stunning Fact: Drought Plunges Texas & US Cattle Herd To Lowest Level Since 1952:

Texas may be on the way to becoming all hat and no cattle.
The already changed climate is rippling through the Texas and national economy. Rising seas have doubled the latest flood zone in the flood maps of New York City, and drought has plunged America's cattle herd to the lowest level since 1952. Beef processing plants are closing, and beef prices are rising.

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This is not entirely a new trend - although the graph shown is "per capita" - the graph appeared in an article at Brave New Climate by Geoff Russell.

Perhaps there's a silver lining in other people not eating beef ...