GAINESVILLE — The Florida cattle industry is poised to grow to help offset a nationwide shortage of cows due to drought and as land for other uses becomes less in demand, according to Jim Handley, executive vice president of the Florida Cattlemen's Association.
Handley was keynote speaker at the Farm-City Week luncheon Wednesday at the Paramount Plaza Hotel sponsored by two local Kiwanis clubs, the Alachua County Cattlemen's Association, the Alachua County Farm Bureau and the University of Florida Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Recent droughts in the West and Midwest have led to a 61-year low in cattle population, and economists predict record profits over the next three to five years, Handley said.
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