Wyoming
Beef is big business in Wyoming
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) – May is National Beef Month, and in Wyoming cattle is a billion dollar industry.
Agriculture is one of Wyoming’s leading industries. The state is home to 1.2 million head of cattle scattered across nearly 12,000 farms and ranches.
Casper rancher Kelly Burch explains, “Beef is big business. We raise cattle in this country for one reason, and that’s to feed the world.”
Burch says the Wild West is prime cattle country, explaining, “This is the most efficient way of utilizing Western range land. Cattle convert forage to edible protein for human consumption.”
Ranchers send their products all over the country, with Wyoming beef making its way onto dinner plates from coast to coast.
According to the USDA, cattle and calves are ranked as the largest livestock commodity raised in the state.
Though beef is “big business,” it’s much deeper than that for Burch.
He says, “It’s all grassroots. It all starts at family operations. It starts as a kid and you get addicted to it. I was in academia and taught school for 33 years because of my cow addiction. I was in love with cattle as a kid growing up on a Wyoming cattle ranch. You do something that you can support your cow habit and stay in the cattle business. I’m now retired from academia, and the state is willing to pay me to stay home and raise my cows.”
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Wyoming Cowboys (12-8, 3-6 MWC) at Utah State Aggies (16-3, 7-2 MWC)
Logan, Utah; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Utah State plays Wyoming after Michael Collins Jr. scored 20 points in Utah State’s 65-61 victory over the Colorado State Rams.
The Aggies are 7-1 in home games. Utah State scores 83.7 points while outscoring opponents by 15.4 points per game.
The Cowboys are 3-6 in conference matchups. Wyoming ranks third in the MWC with 34.5 rebounds per game led by Nasir Meyer averaging 5.2.
Utah State scores 83.7 points, 11.5 more per game than the 72.2 Wyoming allows. Wyoming averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than Utah State allows.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Drake Allen is averaging 6.4 points, 5.1 assists and 1.9 steals for the Aggies. Collins is averaging 18.1 points and 2.2 rebounds while shooting 48.4% over the last 10 games.
Leland Walker is averaging 15.1 points and 3.7 assists for the Cowboys. Meyer is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Aggies: 8-2, averaging 82.9 points, 31.2 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 8.2 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 51.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.0 points per game.
Cowboys: 4-6, averaging 71.2 points, 32.1 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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