Posted on 08/19/2012 10:55:34 AM PDT by blam
What The MainStream Media is Hiding from Investors
"Consider the Grain Giant Cargills CEOs extraordinary statement recently that the U.S. Government Mandate that Corn be used to make Ethanol for fuel, could lead to a 40% to 50% rise in food prices!"
I hadn’t thought about it for meat but I did just order two more live traps for the critters.
This list comes under the category of “no duh”.
Too bad we poison cows w corn at all. Grass feed is everywhere.
Once we get our new freezer I’ll be getting a side of beef from a place near here. They cut it all up and vacuum seal it.
Grass fed and corn fed beef have a totally different taste. Most people, like me, are used to the corn fed taste. We have a friend whose mom used to have a ranch and he would bring us grass fed tri tips, I couldn’t eat it, hated the taste.
Guess you would get used to the taste after awhile but.....
Oh the other thing, buy local from farmers who grass feed their cattle. Lots of them here locally.
For weeks we have been reading news stories that beef prices are dropping as herds are thinned due to high corn prices.
But our local beef prices have not dropped a penny. If anything they are still going up.
Maybe the grocers haven’t read the same news stories.
Love it!
If you live in North Texas or Southern Oklahoma, take a look at this:
http://fischersmeatmarket.com/
They raise their cattle themselves.
Another helpful hint would be to take up hunting and fishing. I bought a few ribeyes last year and this year but mostly we eat wild game. I put three deer 4 hogs 2 turkeys, over a hundred lbs of catfish, dove, quail and an elk in the freezer last year. We eat good and have fun in the process, my wife loves to hunt and fish and so do I.
My meat prices have dropped (NE Illinois), but not by much.
In the midwest we get corn fed beef. Mmmmm...yum.
But I've been to some restaurants in Texas and out west, that pride themselves on their steaks. Eh...not so good.
I know wet aging and dry aging and frying, broiling and grilling. I don't care for grass fed beef.
Ethanol for cars is about the worse idea that any pin head ever thought of.
Personally I would rather eat than drive a car. In case anyone is wondering I travel by bike for 90% of my personal trips and I commute by bike. You would be surprised at the amount of work that a bike can do. If needed I use a trailer to move groceries, concrete, and almost any job you need a car for.
It may sound strange for many people but I can’t afford to drive and I want to stay fit.
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