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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 614337" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I wonder though if this bio fuel thing makes it too costly to feed grain to cattle, if we might go to grassfed beef? Obviously the feedlots would be out of business but how about the regular cattleman?</p><p>I suspect a 1000 lb. grass yearling of a suitable breed could still make money...if the consumer would accept it?</p><p>Hogs and chickens have a much better conversion rate on grain than cattle? Does that give them an advantage for shrinking feed grain supply?</p><p>I agree there would have to be a huge reduction in the cowherd if grassfed was the norm. Is that a bad thing? If you could make more money with fewer cattle wouldn't that be better? Isn't that basically what is starting to happen now?</p><p>I often wonder how it worked before grain feeding became the norm. I read a lot about how they drove Texas cattle to the railroads to be transported for slaughter in Chicago. Apparently that beef found a ready market...and those weren't one year old grain fat babies? In Alberta at the turn of the century Pat Burns sold thousands of grassfat three year olds all over the place including England. Maybe it is going to be back to the future?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 614337, member: 8978"] I wonder though if this bio fuel thing makes it too costly to feed grain to cattle, if we might go to grassfed beef? Obviously the feedlots would be out of business but how about the regular cattleman? I suspect a 1000 lb. grass yearling of a suitable breed could still make money...if the consumer would accept it? Hogs and chickens have a much better conversion rate on grain than cattle? Does that give them an advantage for shrinking feed grain supply? I agree there would have to be a huge reduction in the cowherd if grassfed was the norm. Is that a bad thing? If you could make more money with fewer cattle wouldn't that be better? Isn't that basically what is starting to happen now? I often wonder how it worked before grain feeding became the norm. I read a lot about how they drove Texas cattle to the railroads to be transported for slaughter in Chicago. Apparently that beef found a ready market...and those weren't one year old grain fat babies? In Alberta at the turn of the century Pat Burns sold thousands of grassfat three year olds all over the place including England. Maybe it is going to be back to the future? [/QUOTE]
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