As US Cattle Ranchers Go Out of Business, One Family Found a Way to Survive
Marc and Avery Wrigglesworth, owners of Lily Hill Farm in West Point, Ga., in this file photo. Meg Shelnut

As US Cattle Ranchers Go Out of Business, One Family Found a Way to Survive

‘It was a leap of faith, but we had no other option,’ said Georgia rancher Avery Wrigglesworth.
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WEST POINT, Ga.—At a time when thousands of U.S. independent cattle farmers are going under each year, and herds are falling to a 70-year low, one young couple believes that they have found a way to save their family farm.

Livestock farming is now a far cry from what it once was, when ranchers would sell into competitive markets with prices based on quality, as well as prevailing supply and demand.

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