Nathan Bradford

You know, here at the ranch, with the inflation, the cattle market is good.

It's been on the increase at least once a month.

I'm hearing some record prices.

But the problem is the banking system is not keeping up.

I feel like that the cattle number is probably going to end up being smaller.

The amount of producers are going to keep declining just because we don't get the financing.

Once you used to borrow $100,000, now it's like $30,000 just to do the same kind of work.

It's going to be really hard and challenging for America to see B prices come down just because the simple fact is there is no resources that's helping out, you know, the main street out here like they're doing out here on Wall Street.

If the screwworm worm hits the heart of Oklahoma, it's going to be a pretty devastating deal.

So what we're trying to do is apply fly repellent onto our cattle, spray them as often as we can.

And then we're looking at buying some mineral supplements that has repellent in it as well that will stop the reproduction of the fly.

But there's not much we can do.

It's just the simple fact that we already have a shortage of veterinarians in the United States, especially large animal vets.

I don't think that the veterinarians in the state of Oklahoma can handle the amount of workload that's going to be generated.

This screw worm deal, you have to get those wounds healed up.

and that means you got to have a proper and right facility to catch those animals.

Everybody doesn't have that.

I'm scattered out in two different counties and I can't do it at the end of the day.

The way I feel today is really kind of sad and heartbroken because

What we thought that once was is no longer is what it seems like.