"Cattle feeding is a big business in Missouri, but it has potential for becoming much bigger. This report gives information farmers need to help decide whether to enter or expand in this business. First, however, here is a brief sketch of the industry as it appears today."--First page.G.B. Thompson (Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry), Robert M. George (Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering), and Robert M. Finley (Professor of Agricultural Economics)Includes bibliographical references