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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1628741" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>I do not agree with her or any radical on the other side of her fight. I am not interested in radical behavior. The truth for American cattlemen are seen on calf and cow prices. Skip the politics and the source of your salary when anyone writes, and look at the whole. I just had some calls for wholes or halves. I checked on going prices. It is well worth my time to sell some direct at $3.50 to $5.00/lb HCW. The same animals would be sold for about (guess) $0.50/lb at a barn to be slaughtered in a day or two. Reality is an eye opener.</p><p></p><p>The deal with imports being needed is somewhat correct. Leg of lamb is a prime example. Most legs of lamb in a decent grocery store are imported. It was harvested from a 55 to 60 pound grassfed lamb in AU or NZ. They pay a premium there for the lighter weight lambs. Why can America not produce the lamb? The traditional breeds and the traditional US feedlots produce 140 pound finished lambs. They are too big. That's the way grandpa did it so the tradition continues. I'm not complaining as I can also easily produce and sell a lamb comparable to the grocery store "legs" without the feedlot or the tradition. I can do it cheaper and easier. But I am considered a nitch marketer to produce what folks want because the traditional system cannot respond, or will not. Go figure.</p><p></p><p>The virus taught us a lot of things: have a nest egg, prepare with food and needs and as a nation do not let things like drugs totally leave the country for the manufacturing process. We have battled that with my wife's health for years. Nobody knows what fillers are in the drugs because (true example) the ingredients are from India, sent to Hong Kong for processing and then sent to the USA with a list of unknowns. Also we have learned that many businesses are "fragile". Beef farmers and all farmers have known this for years. Lose some of the local folks, lose some infrastructure, lose some markets and farming can be kissed goodbye without costly expansions. </p><p></p><p>Give me a choice: a wrench made in China or the USA - I can decide. Food and drugs - I still want to decide. Why keep me from that choice? I think there is a lot of money going around at the top that keeps me from having that option. Put the blame where you want but clear the smoke, put the goons in jail and get things right. It has nothing to do with gender, shape, looks, name of your organization or color of your hair. Just the facts, mam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1628741, member: 24565"] I do not agree with her or any radical on the other side of her fight. I am not interested in radical behavior. The truth for American cattlemen are seen on calf and cow prices. Skip the politics and the source of your salary when anyone writes, and look at the whole. I just had some calls for wholes or halves. I checked on going prices. It is well worth my time to sell some direct at $3.50 to $5.00/lb HCW. The same animals would be sold for about (guess) $0.50/lb at a barn to be slaughtered in a day or two. Reality is an eye opener. The deal with imports being needed is somewhat correct. Leg of lamb is a prime example. Most legs of lamb in a decent grocery store are imported. It was harvested from a 55 to 60 pound grassfed lamb in AU or NZ. They pay a premium there for the lighter weight lambs. Why can America not produce the lamb? The traditional breeds and the traditional US feedlots produce 140 pound finished lambs. They are too big. That's the way grandpa did it so the tradition continues. I'm not complaining as I can also easily produce and sell a lamb comparable to the grocery store "legs" without the feedlot or the tradition. I can do it cheaper and easier. But I am considered a nitch marketer to produce what folks want because the traditional system cannot respond, or will not. Go figure. The virus taught us a lot of things: have a nest egg, prepare with food and needs and as a nation do not let things like drugs totally leave the country for the manufacturing process. We have battled that with my wife's health for years. Nobody knows what fillers are in the drugs because (true example) the ingredients are from India, sent to Hong Kong for processing and then sent to the USA with a list of unknowns. Also we have learned that many businesses are "fragile". Beef farmers and all farmers have known this for years. Lose some of the local folks, lose some infrastructure, lose some markets and farming can be kissed goodbye without costly expansions. Give me a choice: a wrench made in China or the USA - I can decide. Food and drugs - I still want to decide. Why keep me from that choice? I think there is a lot of money going around at the top that keeps me from having that option. Put the blame where you want but clear the smoke, put the goons in jail and get things right. It has nothing to do with gender, shape, looks, name of your organization or color of your hair. Just the facts, mam. [/QUOTE]
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