Rendertorial
Mid-July is always hot and dry in
Texas, the No. 1 state for cows
and calves in the U.S. But this
LJĞĂƌ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ Ă ŐŽŽĚ
way. As temperatures have soared over
100 degrees for weeks, with no relief in
ƐŝŐŚƚ͕ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŵŝůĞƐͲůŽŶŐƚƌĂĸĐůŝŶĞƐŽĨ
pickups and trailers circled around the
ƐƚĂƚĞ͛ƐĂƵĐƟŽŶďĂƌŶƐ͘ZĂŶĐŚĞƌƐŚĂǀĞŶŽ
ŐƌĂƐƐ ůĞŌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů
ĚƌŽƵŐŚƚĂŶĚĞŝƚŚĞƌĐĂŶ͛ƚĂīŽƌĚŽƌĮŶĚ
ĞŶŽƵŐŚĨĞĞĚĂŶĚŚĂLJƚŽŐĞƚďLJ͘
KŬůĂŚŽŵĂŝƐŶŽďĞƩĞƌ͘KŶ:ƵůLJϭϭ͕
the Oklahoma Mesonet weather system
reported the driest 30 days in the state in
ƚŚĞƉĂƐƚϭϬϬLJĞĂƌƐʹƚŚĞƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐƌĞĐŽƌĚ
was set in the middle of the Dust Bowl.
EĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ͕ϳϮйŽĨƉĂƐƚƵƌĞĂŶĚƌĂŶŐĞ
ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐǁĞƌĞƌĂƚĞĚĨĂŝƌƚŽǀĞƌLJƉŽŽƌ
for the week ending July 10.
This is not good news for the rendering
ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJĞŝƚŚĞƌ͕ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐĐĂƩůĞŶƵŵďĞƌƐ
ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ
ĚŽǁŶƐůŽƉĞŽĨƚŚĞĐĂƩůĞĐLJĐůĞĨŽƌƚŚĞŶĞdžƚ
couple of years. Once the factory (cow) is
ƐŽůĚ͕ŝƚƚĂŬĞƐƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐLJĞĂƌƐƚŽďƵŝůĚďĂĐŬ͕
if they even can. Smaller producers, who
ŵĂŬĞƵƉƚŚĞďƵůŬŽĨƚŚĞŶĂƟŽŶĂůŚĞƌĚ͕
will face strong headwinds just to stay in
ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŝŶĂƟŵĞŽĨĞǀĞƌͲŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐŝŶƉƵƚ
ĐŽƐƚƐ͕ƌĞĚͲŚŽƚĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶĨŽƌůĞĂƐĞĚůĂŶĚ
ĂŶĚƐƵďƵƌďĂŶƐƉƌĂǁů͘
According to Derrell Peel, livestock
economist with Oklahoma State University
Extension, total cow slaughter is up
ϲ͘ϭйĨŽƌƚŚĞLJĞĂƌƐŽĨĂƌ͕ǁŝƚŚĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ
ĚĂŝƌLJĐŽǁƐůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌƉĂƌƚůLJŽīƐĞƫŶŐƚŚĞ
ϭϰ͘ϲй ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ LJĞĂƌͲŽǀĞƌͲLJĞĂƌ ďĞĞĨ
ĐŽǁƐůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͘,ĞĞdžƉĞĐƚƐƚŚĂƚĚŽƵďůĞͲ
ĚŝŐŝƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ďĞĞĨ ĐŽǁ ƐůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ƚŽ
remain throughout the year. The longer
liquidation continues, the more the
ĐLJĐůĞŝƐĚƌĂǁŶŽƵƚĂŶĚƚŚĞůŽŶŐĞƌĐĂƩůĞ
ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌŝĞƐǁŝůůďĞůŽǁĞƌ͘
h^͛Ɛ:ƵůLJĐĂƩůĞŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌLJƌĞƉŽƌƚ
ƐŚŽǁĞĚƚŚĞůŽǁĞƐƚŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨďĞĞĨĐŽǁƐ
ƐŝŶĐĞϮϬϭϱͲͲϯϬ͘ϰŵŝůůŝŽŶ͕ĚŽǁŶϮйĨƌŽŵ
ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ϯ͘ϱй ĨĞǁĞƌ
ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŚĞŝĨĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ
ϮϬϮϮĐĂůĨͲĐƌŽƉŝƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽďĞĚŽǁŶ͕
ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ďLJ Ϯй͘ ZĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐ
ŵĂLJďĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂƚƟŐŚƚĞƌƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐĂŶĚͬŽƌ
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