Posted on 01/01/2014 5:56:02 PM PST by fella
But, they did see that it lowered the quality of the meat...yet, here were are. We have noticed that beef quality has gone down a lot over the last year; no marbling at all..even in a Ribeye...unless you buy "Prime" (which also has less than before). I thought that grocery stores might be buying lower grade beef to avoid customer sticker shock...yet, it made no sense to me that ALL grocery stores would be doing that.
But, no...apparently, the beef industry has gone the way of the pork industry before it; destroy the quality across the board leaving consumers without options. Looks like Cargill held out for awhile, and then caved. Not their fault..they probably had to do so in order to find cattle to buy; I appreciate the fact that they tried.
HOWEVER, those who grade the meat were going along with this, apparently. Beef grades have specific requirements as to marbling, etc. Either those were changed, or they have been defrauding consumers for the last two years.
I buy my meat from the local ranchers and farmers….
Hey! Leave my bourbon out of this!
I dunno, the fact is, it is not a new phenomenon and has happened before Zilmax was on the market so you can’t say the drug created the environment.
http://forages.oregonstate.edu/tallfescuemonograph/endophyte_seed_straw/toxicity/toxicosis
It has never affected the cattle’s hooves before.
Yes it DID!! I have posted two scientific articles on the subject to this thread.
BTW, Fescue Foot first described in 1949
I am surrounded on three sides by range cattle, walking on Sierra Fescue in many places, and I have yet to see a single hoof fall off.
Maybe I should go looking for them....
Still haven’t read any of the scientific literature linked, have you? You’d rather flog your unscientific beliefs based on personal anecdote. It’s not the fescue, it’s the fungus. Uninfected fescue is not dangerous.
Nothing I can do for willful ignorance.
Such cruelty. PLUS, we’re eating poisoned meat. How long until human feet start falling off?
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