COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — Cattle ranchers at Texas A&M University's 71st Annual Beef Cattle Short Course discussed the current state of the beef industry, which represents more than half of Texas' total agricultural production.

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"We think about the ranchers and the value of their calf crops, right now it's about 3 times what it was just about 4 years ago," said Jason Cleere, professor and extension beef cattle specialist at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

The cattle business operates in cycles, and it's currently on an upward swing.

"So we are seeing a little bit of rebuilding phase, you know, ranchers are keeping replacement cattle to go back to be the reproductive unit to produce

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