where buffalo roam…
Where buffalo roam,
skies are not cloudy these days.
John Seelmeyer, 1/31/2011, NNBW
Demand for buffalo meat is up, retail prices are rising, and Reno’s Flocchini family wishes that buffalo calves grew up faster so their ranching operations could catch more of the updraft.
But the Flocchinis, who played a key role in building that demand through three generations of leadership of the National Bison Association, think the current market is different from the boom-and-bust cycle that has troubled buffalo producers in the past.
For one, demand is far more stable, says John Flocchini, who manages the family’s buffalo ranching operation in northern Wyoming and will spend part of his time this year as president of the Colorado-based National Bison Association.
Through missionary work by the bison association, consumers increasingly recognize buffalo as nutritional as well as an environmentally attractive option.
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