Beef cattle feedlot. Image credit: WhyFiles, via USDA I was surprised to read in Business Week, via Bloomberg , that ” the U.S. cattle herd may have shrunk to the smallest size since 1958, … ” Farmers are culling herds because demand for red meat is down in

this Great Recession (thanks Wall Street), while corn prices are way up (thanks Congress for the luxuriant corn-based ethanol incentives). From the farmer’s… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Great Recession’ Plus High Corn Prices Are Changing The American Diet