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[OhZark Biddies]

...Most of the cattle we see are Angus...

Yep it’s pretty homogenized these days...

When I was a young man friends and I would play “name that breed” and “what’s that tractor” when we were driving about country roads...

I had one friend that knew about every obscure cattle breed and another that was pretty good at make and model of tractors within a few years... ( this was before the internet) ...

These days those games are a lot easier.... it seems like angus or black baldies make up 95% of the cattle and Kubota and Deere make up 95% of tractors..

I have a green tractor so I can’t say much on that front...and that same friend runs those black cows these days.... I asked him why he switched to angus and he said very honestly ... “... because that’s what sells...”

 

[casportpony]

Our tractor is orange.

 

[duluthralphie]

Yeah it´s thought of as animal cruelty because they are traveled back and forth and sold as ´pieces of meat´ (lol) and that is too stressfull for the cows/horses/etc. So it all goes through internet now if you are looking for high quality cattle.
It might be less stressull for them, and selling them through internet works fine (and it is also less work for you as cattle-breeder, not loading your cattle up every weekend), but I loved to vieuw all the different breeds irl. Seeing them on pictures is just not the same

Someone should inform the people supporting this, they are pieces of meat.



Maybe the cows get bored with the view in their paddock, taking them for a drive adds spice to their life.

Many of them end up having non-judgemental sex after these journeys. We all know how sex is touted as a stress reliever... with this in mind it seems cruel to close the markets...

 

[SueT]

@Loopeend btw my photo isn't actually from a cattle market, but a fair, it's a competition and show for all kinds of livestock, poultry included. The larger fairs are a place to meet breeders and fellow enthusiasts. Fairs also include competitions for produce, and arts and crafts. There is often an old car and tractor show, a carnival with rides for kids etc. It's multifaceted and lasts for a week or so. Do you have anything like that in The Netherlands?

 

[OhZark Biddies]

You forgot about the “carnies” ... the best part of the fair is the carney folk!

 

[Loopeend]

@Loopeend btw my photo isn't actually from a cattle market, but a fair, it's a competition and show for all kinds of livestock, poultry included. The larger fairs are a place to meet breeders and fellow enthusiasts. Fairs also include competitions for produce, and arts and crafts. There is often an old car and tractor show, a carnival with rides for kids etc. It's multifaceted and lasts for a week or so. Do you have anything like that in The Netherlands?
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No, because it is illegal.

I´n not saying that I agree. I think breeders often know best what their animals can handle or not. My most top best ducks are not taken to shows because they can´t handle the stress. The ones that can handle the stress and even enjoy it are unfortunately the ugly ducklings haha! But as breeder you know best which animals can handle it or not; noone is going to buy/like your cow/horse/duck/chicken anyway when it is going crazy out of it's mind from stress...or is frozen like dead out of stress...So no breader would benefit from that. And it can be a good place to educate people about cattle and poultry. People that are protesting this also protest because people should know where their hamburger/steaks comes from; but at the same time preventing anyone to see actual cattle where it comes from by making cattle-markets illegal =/
As a child I could see which (rare) breeder sold dirty mallnurished sick livestock..and I don't want meat from them or their stock because they looked awfull. You don't have to be an expert to easily see this. You could actually SEE. See the difference of good treated cattle or not on these markets. Well-treated cattle allways had more bids and interests. Now they kinda took that lesson away. Noone knows now what breed, and in what conditions, the steak they are eating is raised..It feels a bit controproductive.
It made the market more closed then open, and pushed people further away from realising where meat comes from and milk comes out of cows.. =/
Due to this markets; health was especially really really important; because people could see when you were doing shady unhealthy stuff to your cattle.. Selling a bad one could damage your reputation for ever...now? You just create another e-mail account to sell your crappy livestock with a picture attached when they had 'a good day'.

 

[MochaDuck]

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Ugh. Mullets

 

[duluthralphie]

Time to get back on theme here... so what’s dis::

 

[MochaDuck]

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Sheers

 

[duluthralphie]

Sheers

For what?