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Location: Land Of Oz | RidenFly - 2014-03-19 12:19 PM I seriously cannot get over the price of beef right now in the stores. It just seems like it's getting harder and harder to keep afloat in this country.
I do beef markets. Looking at last year's prices, cattle prices have almost doubled since last year. Not projected to go down either. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | HotbearLVR - 2014-03-19 10:11 AM Around here I wouldn't buy a used fart from those guys. The quality of the beef is very low grade. Much of it is injected with this mysterious "solution" that has papain and other liquids. Papain is an enzyme that is used to tenderize meat that is as tough as shoe leather. The fish is poor quality as well, if you decide to give that a try. I bought both meat and fish from them. Ended up feeding the beef to my dogs. For all I know it was horse meat.
If you ever decide to purchase beef out of a truck again, let me know. I am sure we can get something chased in for you. It won't even be injected with anything. Other than maybe a few cuss words. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | RidenFly - 2014-03-19 12:19 PM I seriously cannot get over the price of beef right now in the stores. It just seems like it's getting harder and harder to keep afloat in this country.
The nation's cow herd is the smallest it's been since 1952. That is a good part of the reasoning. Lots of herds were culled pretty hard the last several years due to the droughts nation wide.
In my area a lot of the pasture and hay lands used to feed cattle have been torn up for farming purposes.
The price of ag land has gotten out of control, so it's easier to make money farming the dirt to pay for the land, than it is to raise cattle and pay for the land. Even with the good prices cattle are bringing. My family does both, so I can attest to that. |
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Location: Here | rockinas - 2014-03-19 5:12 PM RidenFly - 2014-03-19 12:19 PM I seriously cannot get over the price of beef right now in the stores. It just seems like it's getting harder and harder to keep afloat in this country. The nation's cow herd is the smallest it's been since 1952. That is a good part of the reasoning. Lots of herds were culled pretty hard the last several years due to the droughts nation wide.
In my area a lot of the pasture and hay lands used to feed cattle have been torn up for farming purposes.
The price of ag land has gotten out of control, so it's easier to make money farming the dirt to pay for the land, than it is to raise cattle and pay for the land. Even with the good prices cattle are bringing. My family does both, so I can attest to that.
Exactly Here too. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | SG. - 2014-03-19 4:47 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-03-19 11:27 AM Our BB Imaclown's dad bought around $1000 worth of beef from one of those guys. He handed them the money and when they went to the vehicle to get the beef the guys took off with his money. I haven't heard if he's found the guys or not. Last I heard their boss read about it knew who they were and turned them in to the police!
I have had those guys show up too
I always ran them off NO way NO how
Excellent news! Thanks SG! |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | rockinas - 2014-03-19 5:12 PM RidenFly - 2014-03-19 12:19 PM I seriously cannot get over the price of beef right now in the stores. It just seems like it's getting harder and harder to keep afloat in this country. The nation's cow herd is the smallest it's been since 1952. That is a good part of the reasoning. Lots of herds were culled pretty hard the last several years due to the droughts nation wide.
In my area a lot of the pasture and hay lands used to feed cattle have been torn up for farming purposes.
The price of ag land has gotten out of control, so it's easier to make money farming the dirt to pay for the land, than it is to raise cattle and pay for the land. Even with the good prices cattle are bringing. My family does both, so I can attest to that.
Plus if the dirt farmers can't make a go of it on the torn up pasture land they get government subsidies.
I'll just stop and go have a Maui 7 before I have a heart attack. |
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