How to send your farmer to jail Update on Tester Amendment Post 239

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They import it from here.

Like seedcorn said you are way off base to think we can survive by planting all the tilled acres back to grass and raise enough meat to feed everyone who wants it.

Uh, actually many countries range feed all their animals.

Might want to rethink that word. The only countries that do, do it because of the high cost of grain. I'll take my corn fattened beef, thank you. I've had grass fed, little tough for my taste. France eats a lot of grass fed, why do you think they ruin good beef w/all their sauces. In fact, do a history recall, most sauces were made to cover up the rotting meats they were forced to eat.
 
Katy is correct, we import products because it's cheapier w/slave labor. While other countries do it so they don't starve. Completely different motivations.
 
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Uh, actually many countries range feed all their animals.

Might want to rethink that word. The only countries that do, do it because of the high cost of grain. I'll take my corn fattened beef, thank you. I've had grass fed, little tough for my taste. France eats a lot of grass fed, why do you think they ruin good beef w/all their sauces. In fact, do a history recall, most sauces were made to cover up the rotting meats they were forced to eat.

If your grass fed was tough, its cause it was processed when it was eating hay and dry grass. Its supposed to be taken when the grass is fresh and green.
It will be as tender as can be then.
And no, grasws feeding is done, because its traditional. Its the way ruminents were fed up until crop planting and cattle fattening was pushed on the market.
 
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Might want to rethink that word. The only countries that do, do it because of the high cost of grain. I'll take my corn fattened beef, thank you. I've had grass fed, little tough for my taste. France eats a lot of grass fed, why do you think they ruin good beef w/all their sauces. In fact, do a history recall, most sauces were made to cover up the rotting meats they were forced to eat.

If your grass fed was tough, its cause it was processed when it was eating hay and dry grass. Its supposed to be taken when the grass is fresh and green.
It will be as tender as can be then.
And no, grasws feeding is done, because its traditional. Its the way ruminents were fed up until crop planting and cattle fattening was pushed on the market.

I can guarentee that had the option of eating grain been available to cattle back in the day, they would have chosen a field of grain to graze and eat in over grass anyday of the week. You obviously have never had the "privilage" of trying to get a bunch of cows out of a milo or corn field when they found a hole in the fence. I hate to break it to you but they like grain!!!
 
Note to self. Never talk publicly about Traditional Methods of farming
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DH is getting in soon, and I need to get dinner prepped and things ready for tommorow.
Goat barn needs attention too.
See you all monday!
 
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Might want to rethink that word. The only countries that do, do it because of the high cost of grain. I'll take my corn fattened beef, thank you. I've had grass fed, little tough for my taste. France eats a lot of grass fed, why do you think they ruin good beef w/all their sauces. In fact, do a history recall, most sauces were made to cover up the rotting meats they were forced to eat.

If your grass fed was tough, its cause it was processed when it was eating hay and dry grass. Its supposed to be taken when the grass is fresh and green.
It will be as tender as can be then.
And no, grasws feeding is done, because its traditional. Its the way ruminents were fed up until crop planting and cattle fattening was pushed on the market.

My dad butchered a calf that was grass fed on green grass, I'm sorry it was tough. All the grass fed I had in France was also tough. Grain adds fat (marbling) which gives you tenderness.

Actually, animals were free ranged where in fall they got "natural grains", nuts, etc to fatten up on. If anyone wants to eat grass fed only ruminants, I have no problem with that. Give me grain fattened. Altho we side w/California cow commercials and eat more pork/chicken.
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Still think we're going to feed 6+B people grass fed ruminants?
 
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Traditions change over time ....traditional methods of farming have changed just like everything else. I personally wouldn't want to go back to a lot of things that were traditional 150 years ago.
 
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Traditions change over time ....traditional methods of farming have changed just like everything else. I personally would want to go back to a lot of things that were traditional 150 years ago.

Katie you had me until then.......Civil War years, no thanks, medicine not much better than witch doctors, & NO Big10 basketball. Oh the horrors.........
 
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Traditions change over time ....traditional methods of farming have changed just like everything else. I personally would want to go back to a lot of things that were traditional 150 years ago.

Katie you had me until then.......Civil War years, no thanks, medicine not much better than witch doctors, & NO Big10 basketball. Oh the horrors.........

LOL...that's what I get for typing when I'm getting ticked off!! I meant to write I wouldn't want to go back to the way the things were 150 years ago!!
 
Actually those French sauces that 'ruin' beef only seem to 'ruin' beef to certain people. Others think it is fantastic. The methods were meant to make use of every bit of the carcass, even the cheapest, toughest cuts, bones, feet, tails, etc which are delicious if cooked slower and longer. Even until recently beef was extremely expensive as it was meticulously raised on a very small scale farm and fed on both hay harvested by hand and top quality grain. French were always just very frugal too, waste not want not, and used sources of protein considered 'for the poor only' in other countries, like sea urchins, snails, frogs. Long cooking made the cheap cuts of beef tender and the sauces are considered the top of the chef's art.
 

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