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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1721649" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Some truth to those thoughts, but a lot more things at play. The system itself has been set up with the actual cattle producers and then the feeders absorbing the majority of risk.</p><p>There is little to no profit for most folks to have enough to absorb anymore cost and loss of trying something new.</p><p>It frustrates me when some people act as if when someone is venting about the situation that they are somehow lazy or stupid or what ever.</p><p>I will use our own outfit as an example.</p><p>I'm one of the few full time livestock producers. Probably a lot of hobby folks are bigger than we are but that's just how it is.</p><p>I've tried to play the game the way different folks have advised over the years. There is always a bar that keeps moving. You think it's in sight and your gonna get there aaand it moves. </p><p>There should in my opinion be a different marketing setup where those that want to can have access to direct beef sales without the regulations and inspections. If things were done on a local basis our smaller local farmers could still supply a lot of product within their local and regional areas, and it could still save consumers some money by cutting out the steps along the way. I firmly believe the end product would be just as safe or safer than the current system.</p><p>I realize that that is not for everyone and the existing system would still be an option.</p><p>There should be less regulation thus making it easier for farmers to sell direct to consumers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1721649, member: 24816"] Some truth to those thoughts, but a lot more things at play. The system itself has been set up with the actual cattle producers and then the feeders absorbing the majority of risk. There is little to no profit for most folks to have enough to absorb anymore cost and loss of trying something new. It frustrates me when some people act as if when someone is venting about the situation that they are somehow lazy or stupid or what ever. I will use our own outfit as an example. I’m one of the few full time livestock producers. Probably a lot of hobby folks are bigger than we are but that’s just how it is. I’ve tried to play the game the way different folks have advised over the years. There is always a bar that keeps moving. You think it’s in sight and your gonna get there aaand it moves. There should in my opinion be a different marketing setup where those that want to can have access to direct beef sales without the regulations and inspections. If things were done on a local basis our smaller local farmers could still supply a lot of product within their local and regional areas, and it could still save consumers some money by cutting out the steps along the way. I firmly believe the end product would be just as safe or safer than the current system. I realize that that is not for everyone and the existing system would still be an option. There should be less regulation thus making it easier for farmers to sell direct to consumers. [/QUOTE]
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