dieselbeef
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anybody know of any...no chemicals of any kind....til needed then off the roster
Little Cow":1fze2p0l said:You're pretty far south of me, but I could send folks your way if I don't have any available and vice versa once we really get going. I found it easy to sell through friends and co-workers when I only have a few every year. It'll be awhile before I even need to advertise. Don't know how other folks do it, but I sell at a straight price per pound, (say, $3.00 - $3.50), and then send the cow down to slaughter, pay for the dressing out, and receive a check from the buyer. The butcher then gets the name of the person picking up the beef. The price includes hamburger, roasts and steaks. Even got the tongues in the order for one guy.
The rules I follow are no hormones in any feed. No antibiotics, (nothing has come up that needed to be treated anyway), I do worm, but was careful about withdrawal dates, no feed additives. I also clean up after them when they are in a corral, (to reduce flies), and use fly parasites to control the flies. I do use fly spray on the animals, but I keep it to a minimum. No herbicides on the pastures and I use organic fertilizer or drag the pastures and rotate sufficiently. No herbicide stinks because we have to pull prickly pear cactus up with a hoe. but it does get rid of them.
What do other people do? Is worming and pour on fly control allowable in most areas?