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Beef production has fallen in recent years because of a years-long drought

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe

Published July 14, 2024 at 5:08 AM PDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Arizona rancher Mike Gannuscio about why the number of the nation's beef cow herd are at their lowest in 63 years.

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Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.

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