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Will cattle go the way of hogs?
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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 674580" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p><em>What destroyed our swine industry in eight years? Simple. The government allowed corporations to capture the hog industry. Executives did not want to castrate, vaccinate or farrow sows, but they found willing sharecroppers to do their labor.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Some producers contracted with these corporations; built state-of-the-art confinement facilities; accepted the corporations' pigs, feed, medicine and vaccines; and fed the pigs — not for themselves but for the corporation.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>Maybe, if the government allowing corporations to capture the hog industry and removing the ability of the farmer to make a profit is considered the same thing.</p><p></p><p><em>As this trend continues, purebred-cattle breeders will be the first to go out of business</em> </p><p></p><p>However, I don't think the breeders will be first to exit. I think the average producer will be forced out first. He is the one that will be hit by the economics of scale. The smaller he is the faster he will be driven out. I even think this has already started, or at least we are at that gate.</p><p></p><p>For those that think selling direct to a customer base is the answer. That will work till complying with the environmental bs takes you out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 674580, member: 7795"] [i]What destroyed our swine industry in eight years? Simple. The government allowed corporations to capture the hog industry. Executives did not want to castrate, vaccinate or farrow sows, but they found willing sharecroppers to do their labor. Some producers contracted with these corporations; built state-of-the-art confinement facilities; accepted the corporations’ pigs, feed, medicine and vaccines; and fed the pigs — not for themselves but for the corporation. [/i] Maybe, if the government allowing corporations to capture the hog industry and removing the ability of the farmer to make a profit is considered the same thing. [i]As this trend continues, purebred-cattle breeders will be the first to go out of business[/i] However, I don't think the breeders will be first to exit. I think the average producer will be forced out first. He is the one that will be hit by the economics of scale. The smaller he is the faster he will be driven out. I even think this has already started, or at least we are at that gate. For those that think selling direct to a customer base is the answer. That will work till complying with the environmental bs takes you out. [/QUOTE]
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