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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 880333" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>instead of looking back at how it has been done......</p><p>the beef industry needs to begin looking forward to how it will be done in the future.</p><p></p><p>Agriculture is famous for being the slowest industry in America to adopt to change and new technology. change in agriculture is not measured in years. It is measured in generations....</p><p></p><p>Progressive cattlemen would be looking at where you market your production.</p><p>Progressive cattlemen would be figuring out what your market wants.</p><p>Progressive cattlemen would be adopting changes to produce for your market or you better be looking for another market.</p><p>Here we still moan over being cheated at the stock yard. (new thread this week)</p><p>Only one mention of scan technology in this thread by a producer.</p><p>scan technology is <strong>old technology </strong>today and most of you still don't do it.</p><p>I will guarantee you that premium markets are gathering DNA information on what meets their premium product specs. then they are figuing out where that came from.</p><p>Producers who can do that consistently will have the market come to them.</p><p>In the short term anyway.</p><p>the danger is that packers will gain control of the genetics that they want and the rest of us will be standing in the rain wondering what happened and why our stock is only worth 25 cents per pound.</p><p></p><p>In that event yall arguing about breeds will be arguing about history.....the market animal may be a genetic composite or even a clone.</p><p></p><p>Many are opting to go to all natural and organic and direct marketing. this will be okay as long as you can find a processor. My fear is that when the big packers decide it is time to control the beef industry those small local packers will be squeezed out as well. Big business and Big government love to protect the people ya know. health concerns and sanitation and such.</p><p></p><p>They took over the hog industry a few years ago and in our country now it is hard to find a hog that is not owned by Murphy Brown. Small direct to consumer farms biggest problem is finding hogs. maybe some entreprenuers will step up and fill the gap but environmental regulations are a burden and a barrier. If you are big enough to be profitable and cover expenses you are big enough to hit the regulatory thresholds.</p><p></p><p>Me....I hate the mess and fighting mean as he77 400 lb sows and boar hogs. </p><p></p><p>But I digress....</p><p>the dairy industry is so far ahead of the beef breeders in genetics that it is unbelievable.</p><p>Even beef genetics is changing at a pace that I can no longer keep up with.....and I have tried...</p><p></p><p>the world is on pace to run out of mineable phosphorous in the next 20 to 40 years and most of it today is in countries not ours. Speculation on how long before we click off 8 billion souls was rampant a few weeks ago. then nine and ten. demand for nutrients is going to go up....as will prices.</p><p></p><p>there will always be cows and cowboys cause cows can do things that we can not. they can live on land that we would starve on. Question is who is gonna own those cows and cowboys.</p><p></p><p>We might not have to climb out of the box we are in....</p><p>but it might be wise to peer over the side once in a while and see if the box is sitting on a railroad track.</p><p></p><p>No trying to be negative....I have loved farming and livestock my entire life....</p><p>nothing I enjoy in my doterage more than climbing on my old horse and riding all day....</p><p>I love the way thing were and work to keep em that way....</p><p>but change is coming wether we like it or not....</p><p>they way to survive the changes is to be prepared for them.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 880333, member: 6543"] instead of looking back at how it has been done...... the beef industry needs to begin looking forward to how it will be done in the future. Agriculture is famous for being the slowest industry in America to adopt to change and new technology. change in agriculture is not measured in years. It is measured in generations.... Progressive cattlemen would be looking at where you market your production. Progressive cattlemen would be figuring out what your market wants. Progressive cattlemen would be adopting changes to produce for your market or you better be looking for another market. Here we still moan over being cheated at the stock yard. (new thread this week) Only one mention of scan technology in this thread by a producer. scan technology is [b]old technology [/b]today and most of you still don't do it. I will guarantee you that premium markets are gathering DNA information on what meets their premium product specs. then they are figuing out where that came from. Producers who can do that consistently will have the market come to them. In the short term anyway. the danger is that packers will gain control of the genetics that they want and the rest of us will be standing in the rain wondering what happened and why our stock is only worth 25 cents per pound. In that event yall arguing about breeds will be arguing about history.....the market animal may be a genetic composite or even a clone. Many are opting to go to all natural and organic and direct marketing. this will be okay as long as you can find a processor. My fear is that when the big packers decide it is time to control the beef industry those small local packers will be squeezed out as well. Big business and Big government love to protect the people ya know. health concerns and sanitation and such. They took over the hog industry a few years ago and in our country now it is hard to find a hog that is not owned by Murphy Brown. Small direct to consumer farms biggest problem is finding hogs. maybe some entreprenuers will step up and fill the gap but environmental regulations are a burden and a barrier. If you are big enough to be profitable and cover expenses you are big enough to hit the regulatory thresholds. Me....I hate the mess and fighting mean as he77 400 lb sows and boar hogs. But I digress.... the dairy industry is so far ahead of the beef breeders in genetics that it is unbelievable. Even beef genetics is changing at a pace that I can no longer keep up with.....and I have tried... the world is on pace to run out of mineable phosphorous in the next 20 to 40 years and most of it today is in countries not ours. Speculation on how long before we click off 8 billion souls was rampant a few weeks ago. then nine and ten. demand for nutrients is going to go up....as will prices. there will always be cows and cowboys cause cows can do things that we can not. they can live on land that we would starve on. Question is who is gonna own those cows and cowboys. We might not have to climb out of the box we are in.... but it might be wise to peer over the side once in a while and see if the box is sitting on a railroad track. No trying to be negative....I have loved farming and livestock my entire life.... nothing I enjoy in my doterage more than climbing on my old horse and riding all day.... I love the way thing were and work to keep em that way.... but change is coming wether we like it or not.... they way to survive the changes is to be prepared for them..... [/QUOTE]
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