Intense herd rebuild sees more meat headed to market, page-41

As an agent I agree as do most that I speak to. Got to wonder just how much the MLA is aligned to the wishes of the processors rather than the producer. After dragging a herd through 3 yrs of drought , when the first calves were ready to wean the little fat agent stumbles out and tells them the heifer standing next to the cow they fed for 3 yrs is worth $2000 they took about 3 seconds to say "ill take that" .The 3 yrs of financial & emotional debt to feed them needed to be paid. One things producers are well used to is disappointment so when the chance of a win is put before them they grab it before it disappears.In my experience this happened for the first 2 drops of calves and those heifers went to a feedlot then to a supermarket shelf or in a container headed overseas they did not meet with a bull, when the Current heifer calf is worth $600 they kept it and will join it.Teys Cargill analysts said after the drought broke it will take 7 years to get the herd back up to where it was pre drought. That makes sense. This narrative put forward by the MLA stinks of favoured treatment to help drive price down . Take it from me the processors need no help in doing that they are experts at it.
One thing I have noticed after that horrible drought is that people who were passionate about breeding the best cattle they could and were dedicated to continual herd improvement are not nearly as engaged..they have fallen out of love with their industry . Put a price on that MLA