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We buy 1/2 cow about twice a year from a local cattle guy and pay to have it processed in the cuts we want. I get ground beef with NO fat added. None. I add my own if I need it when cooking. I can fry up a pan of ground beef with a little olive oil and have no liquid at all to drain away. Buying the 1/2 cow comes to about $1.69 a lb. for all the meat cuts. The grower will call us when he has a cow he needs to put down due to a broke leg or other physical injury and would like to recoup his money invested in the animal.
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Originally Posted by Kas
Originally Posted by raedar63
Corn prices may be the culprit?
The expense to plant corn has skyrocketed the past few years, we as small farmers could not even afford to plant it. We will plant corn this year for the first time in about 4 years and only to give the soil a break . (Soil likes and needs rotation) Even cheaper than chicken is turkey and also very versitile. And I won't be surprised if high prices never come down. |
Everything seems to be going up - way up!!
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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
Everything seems to be going up - way up!!
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At least here. We are talking about sticker shock
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I don't eat red meat.. I didn't know that.
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I am hoping at least one of the kids gets a deer this year, will get lots of burger made.
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I buy at a local Mennnonite store the Dutchman's in Cantril Iowa and it is always between $1.39 and $1.89 at the highest. They sell it in a 10# roll and I get 2 or 3 and cut them up into 3/4# per pkg for DH and I. We eat alot of chili and beefburgers and cheeseburgers and pasta bake.
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fyi - veggie burger prices have not risen! go animal-less. just a thought.
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>>We "boycott" ethanol added stations.<<
For now you do. It's all we have here now. Soon all states will have no option but gas with ethanol in it. Right now it's 10%, but I've heard they want to raise it as much as 20%. Most cars, especially those pre 2007, will have ruined engines before they decide this was a stupid idea. |
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