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Nirvana · 02-16-2009, 10:12 AM

[massive thread drift here] I want to explain there is a difference between dairy beef and beef cattle. The cattle raised in feed lots are usually breeds that are bred for the meat market not the milk supply.
I will say again most of the meat you are consuming unless you are eating McDs Burger King etc , or cold cuts, is from cattle that are under or at 24 months of age. It is impossible for them to have BSE.
The reason there will soon be a massive influx of dairy cattle to the hamburger market is because milk prices went from $20 a hundred weight to $9 a hundred weight and that is costing milk producers to supply their product since they had to pay for $7 a bushel corn. Our country demands cheap food and it is cheap compared to other things but you cannot expect livestock producers to supply their products for free or to pay the consumer to take their products.

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I am a beef producer I do not raise or sell old dairy cows. People have been eating at MdcD since its inception lots of people eat cold cuts and luncheon meats, if there was a real threat of BSE in this country where are the cases of CFJ disease to prove that we need more testing?

02-16-2009, 10:12 AM	#1329
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	[massive thread drift here] I want to explain there is a difference between dairy beef and beef cattle. The cattle raised in feed lots are usually breeds that are bred for the meat market not the milk supply. I will say again most of the meat you are consuming unless you are eating McDs Burger King etc , or cold cuts, is from cattle that are under or at 24 months of age. It is impossible for them to have BSE. The reason there will soon be a massive influx of dairy cattle to the hamburger market is because milk prices went from $20 a hundred weight to $9 a hundred weight and that is costing milk producers to supply their product since they had to pay for $7 a bushel corn. Our country demands cheap food and it is cheap compared to other things but you cannot expect livestock producers to supply their products for free or to pay the consumer to take their products. . I am a beef producer I do not raise or sell old dairy cows. People have been eating at MdcD since its inception lots of people eat cold cuts and luncheon meats, if there was a real threat of BSE in this country where are the cases of CFJ disease to prove that we need more testing? __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.