Years of drought have wreaked havoc on the cattle industry in Texas. Today a major beef processor in the Panhandle said it is temporarily closing a plant because of dwindling supply.
it will idle , which employs about 2,000 people.
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Cargill says it will provide some help to its employees, including the possibility of relocation. The nation's cattle herd is at its lowest level in six decades.
