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2. Extreme heat and drought in Texas put cattle industry at risk

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   Drought and extreme heat have plagued Texas this summer, straining the state's massive cattle industry. About 86% of Texas' land area was experiencing drought conditions as of Aug. 8, according to ...

3. Bone dry on the range: Texas cattle ranchers battle drought ...

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   The brown and black cattle of Texas, beloved symbols of the Lone Star state, walk through desiccated grass and stand in shrunken watering holes while their ranchers struggle to get them enough food.

4. Effects of climate change on livestock - Wikipedia

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   Drought can also affect freshwater sources used by people and livestock alike: 2019 drought in Southwestern China caused around 824,000 people and 566,000 livestock to experience severe water scarcity, as over 100 rivers and 180 reservoirs dried out. That event was considered between 1.4 and 6 times more likely to happen as the result of ...

5. Texas cattle inventory down for 4th consecutive year; lowest ...

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   Data shows the nation's cattle supply has steadily dropped since 1998 from about 110 million cattle head, despite a small bump in inventory between 2013 and 2018, to 87.2 million head this year.

6. Beefmaster - Wikipedia

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   Beefmaster is a breed of beef cattle that was developed in the early 1930s by Tom Lasater (the breed founder), [1] from a systematic crossing of Hereford cows and Shorthorn cows with Brahman bulls. The exact mixture of the foundation cattle is unknown, but is thought to be about 25% Hereford, 25% Milking Shorthorn and 50% Brahman.

7. Texas Longhorn - Wikipedia

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   A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]

8. DRIED UP: Texas cattle industry faces existential crisis from ...

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9. 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought

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   The drought began due to a strong La Niña developing by the summer of 2010 which brings below average rainfall to the southern United States. The effects of the La Niña could be noticed immediately as much of the south receives important rainfall during the summer, and this was the driest summer for Texas and Georgia in the 21st century thus far, and much of the south received record low ...