As summer unofficially kicks off and fuel prices fluctuate, it’s important to understand how transportation factors like diesel prices, animal handling, and trucking industry changes are impacting the beef cattle industry. Elliott Dennis, assistant professor and livestock economist with the Center for Agricultural Profitability here at Nebraska, has a new article on cap.unl.edu about what’s behind the changing costs of cattle transportation in the U.S. and he joins the podcast to discuss what’s influencing the price of getting cattle from A to B and what challenges could be ahead for the livestock industry in this area.

Read more at https://cap.unl.edu/livestock/changing-cost-cattle-transportation.