Gideon Long
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42 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Sep
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empty commercial property.
Look, one, two, three, four, five, six.
I used to come down here and buy sweets.
All these businesses closing down.
But
Yeah, Sam, so this is partly to do with the cattle cycle.
So roughly every 8 to 10 years, the herd builds up as ranchers keep cows for breeding.
And then it declines again, and then it builds again.
But it's been exacerbated in the last couple of years by drought.
Well over 60% of the cattle in the US are now grazing on land which has been impacted by drought.
And what does that mean?
It means that ranchers have to buy feed instead, and that makes it much more expensive.
When they're facing these tough conditions and when prices are high for their calves, the temptation is to sell now rather than keep their cows for breeding.
That means fewer cows for breeding and fewer calves in the years to come.
No, it's not just the weather.
They're also facing a threat from a flesh-eating parasite called screwworm.
Now, the US hasn't had screwworm in its herd for decades, but it was detected in Mexico a couple of years ago and it is moving north.
So the Americans have effectively shut the border with Mexico to cattle.
And that's quite a big deal because before this outbreak, around a million animals were moving north annually into the US.
So that's also squeezing supply.
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