Six years ago, Paul O’Mara ventured into the beef cattle business with five cows.
Today, the Canastota crop farmer manages about 100 cows on pastures that aren’t suitable for his crop portfolio, which includes corn, soybeans, barley and wheat.
While his herd has grown, his ability to get the cattle to market has been hampered by a lack of meat-processing facilities in New York state. O’Mara said he waited two months to send a pair of his animals to a small local processor.
“I scheduled them a while back, but they couldn’t fit them in,” he said.
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