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A friend of mine says that bottle calves are bringing over $500.
What breed? Most bottle calves are dairy calves, and most are bulls. Either way that's a good price, for the seller. When I was a kid most dairys would just knock the bull calves over the head and toss them in a ditch. Bull calves had no value for a dairy back then.A friend of mine says that bottle calves are bringing over $500.
I thought bull calves were castrated and raised to be steers, two or three years, and then sold for their meat. Rocky Mountain oysters? Yes, that is where they get them. There are dairy cows, but then there are many more steers that are raised for meat, like roasts, steaks and burger.What breed? Most bottle calves are dairy calves, and most are bulls. Either way that's a good price, for the seller. When I was a kid most dairys would just knock the bull calves over the head and toss them in a ditch. Bull calves had no value for a dairy back then.
I thought bull calves were castrated and raised to be steers, two or three years, and then sold for their meat. Rocky Mountain oysters? Yes, that is where they get them. There are dairy cows, but then there are many more steers that are raised for meat, like roasts, steaks and burger.
No matter what your thing is with cattle, selling a calf gets you some income.
Are horses selling at auctions? A few years back a friend told me that they could not even get a bid on them.
Cattle took a hit here because of the severe drought. Horses, mules, and donkeys are bringing a pretty penny though!!Are horses selling at auctions? A few years back a friend told me that they could not even get a bid on them.
One of my hay customers raises crosses of wagu and jersey. The wagu typically are not very good mothers for producing enough milk. The jersey are ubiquitous with mothering and milk production. She markets the meat directly.Dairy breeds, beef breeds, apples and oranges. Simple economics, a bull calf that is holstein or other dairy breed will not put on as much muscle or at the same rate as a bull calf from a beef breeds, like angus.
If a farmer is going to raise beef to sell, he only wants calves bred for beef. He’s not going to waste time with a diary breed that grows slower and will be smaller for the same amount of feed as a beef breed. These days the profit margins for beef are razor thin. A Holstein bull calf is a waste of time, a money pit, for a beef man.
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Bottle calves here are at a premium also.
Junk horses go out of the country and are processed for food. I don't why we don't eat them here in the US. When I lived and worked overseas I preferred horse over beef.There's a place couple counties over where unwanted horses, mules, donkeys are sold at auction. The guys doing the buying speak spanish. Their big semi's all have mexico plates.
Don't ask me what they plan to do with them... but i'd pass on street taco's south of the border.
At one time there was a meat processor in Arkansas that sold horse meat. Have not heard of them in years. Hay is so expensive around here that many gave up pleasure horses. We are still in extreme drought conditions.Junk horses go out of the country and are processed for food. I don't why we don't eat them here in the US. When I lived and worked overseas I preferred horse over beef.
It is legal to sell horse meat. It must be processed and sold at a different location than beef. It is more of a cultural rather than legal thing that stops us from eating horse. In France they have specialty butcher shops for horse meat. They are designated with a horse head figure in front of the store.Junk horses go out of the country and are processed for food. I don't why we don't eat them here in the US. When I lived and worked overseas I preferred horse over beef.
We do all the time in the US, but nobody gets told about it.Junk horses go out of the country and are processed for food. I don't why we don't eat them here in the US. When I lived and worked overseas I preferred horse over beef.
Scouts, "Always be prepared" I've got to ask, were you prepared for his answer?We do all the time in the US, but nobody gets told about it.
I have eaten horse before also.
Growing up on a beef cattle farm, we became experts.
As an adult, I was helping at a giant Boy Scout convention at the state park.
Supper time came and hundreds of scouts filled the huge cafeteria.
They had 5-gallon tubs full of 'chili', supplied by the state.
Since I had eaten deer, and every grade of cow and hog, I found the stringy texture of the 'ground meat' in the chili puzzling.
I asked the cook straight up what kind of meat was in the chili, and he quietly replied: "horse".
No Virginia, old horses don't go to the 'glue-factory' anymore.
Yes.Scouts, "Always be prepared" I've got to ask, were you prepared for his answer?
There is a soup kitchen in Anchorage. They get lots of game donations. The government inspectors found all this uninspected meat, threw it in the dumpster, and then dumped diesel on it. Many of the beneficiaries of this soup kitchen are Alaskan Natives. There was hell to pay for that stunt.Yes.
I also know where all the 'shot out of season' deer go when they arrest people... and it ain't into dogfood.
Around here, all the shot out of season deer go to the food pantry and if you hit one with a car, you can keep or donate it.Yes.
I also know where all the 'shot out of season' deer go when they arrest people... and it ain't into dogfood.
Edit: What do you think people in state prisons eat? The answer = whatever they can cobble together that meets the nutrition guidelines, and cost nothing or very little.
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