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By SHARON KILPATRICK

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

For the past two years Rappahannock beef producers have been trying to survive low jrices for feeder cattle. Now their situation nay be improving.

Mike Massie (Said three things brought on he drop in prices feeing paid for feeder cattle — record supplies, a disaster to the com crop hat increased the price of com to $5 per jushel, and NAFTA.

Mr. Massie switched from a Stocker feeding jrogram to a cow-calf operation, but he said a lesire to cut down on the time he spent traveling yaj the reason for that, not a change in the marcel? and he said the cow-calf operation is "just a lifferent way of doing the same thing."

He said prices could probably have sur

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