For the past several years there has been an increasing number of times that I’ve heard sound-bites along the lines of “Cows (they meant to say cattle) eating grass (forages including immature cereal crops) only is the natural, most sustainable and humane way to raise beef animals; that’s also healthier for humans to consume.” This type of statement causes me confusion because it sounds… Read More »
The short answer is that I’m addicted to high eating quality beef and I’m guessing that consumer price inflation will get even worse before it eventually begins getting better. Folks who regularly read my blog posts know that I often advocate buying retail market grade, bargain priced meat to perform value-added home processing with; to… Read More »
Circa 10,500 years ago humans began envisioning certain animal wealth running wild and so decided to begin domesticating carefully selected species. Domesticating livestock did away with most hazards of the hunt, saved wasted hunting time and the hard work of packing home dead weight animal parts. Like sheep and goats of the day, kept cattle also supplied dairy food products. Other tangible assets of ruminant agriculture included draft work, fiber, sausage casings, natural… Read More »