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numbers increased 17 percent over the past year. On July 1, we reported 988.000 cows. This is about 130.000 more head than were reported on July 1. 1975, the peak year in this cattle cycle,” stated Williamson. “This is certainly the most cows ever recorded in Virginia.”
Eighty-three percent of the cows in Virginia are beef and the 818,000 beef cows reported on July 1 was an increase of 20 percent over a /ear earlier.
Colorado was the only Jther state in the nation to •eport a percentage increase in total cow numbers equal to Virginia’s increase.
84.6%