The 68th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, BCSC, wrapped up after more than 80 speakers addressed the “meat and potatoes” of ranching necessary to help ranchers survive the current drought.Jason Cleere, Ph.D., conference coordinator and AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, said more than 1,900 people settled into the Bryan-College Station area and another 175 online for the three-day event, most from Texas, but as many as 20 other states and 13 countries were represented.Drought-driven markets Kristin Ritchie, a research analyst at New Frontier Capital Markets in Austin, said ranchers shouldn’t expect things to turn around for a while,