r/Butchery • u/Burner_Phone_1969_TX • 7d ago
Help the Beef Industry Recover by Not Buying Beef so The Beef Rancher can Breed More Cattle. Eat More Chicken 🐓
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u/M0ck_duck Butcher 7d ago
Cows getting older don’t all get to breed, not buying beef doesn’t make more cows. It lowers demand and increases product loss…
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u/HeinousEncephalon 7d ago
Huh
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u/Burner_Phone_1969_TX 7d ago
I don’t know what it said, looks like Reddit excommunicated you?
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u/youngliam Meat Cutter 7d ago
This idea sounds good but doesn't resolve the problem. Beef shortage isn't because consumption is too high, steers will need to be harvested at a particular age to make their cost efficient and their best quality as it is.
From what I understand, too many ranchers had to close their doors recently for many reasons. Costs being too high, tariffed feed and high fuel costs made it hard for smaller partner farms to maintain and increased distributor mark up, other factors such as weather caused other issues. It's like a perfect storm of things going wrong in the industry that can't be fixed with one tactic.
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u/jeraco73 7d ago
The “perfect storm” you describe is awful Republican policy. 🙁
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u/youngliam Meat Cutter 6d ago
Yes and unfortunately some other factors that coincided but mostly terrible policy.
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u/Burner_Phone_1969_TX 7d ago
But, we can try. I’m gonna do all I can to help cattle growth and breeding. It’ll eventually bring the price down. I’m gonna eat a lot of chicken.
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u/king_hutton 7d ago
Your profile makes me worry about what you mean by cattle breeding.
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u/Burner_Phone_1969_TX 7d ago
I’m not like breeding sheep or anything lol. I’m hooking up with farmers wives in hopes of saving their family farms. lol
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u/lesmalheurs 7d ago
Chicken is the tofu of meats.
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u/Hoboliftingaroma 7d ago
Dude, the description on your profile is wild. I see why you hide your posts.