That's not what the article is talking about though. The farmer says that he substituted one crop (corn) for another (soybeans), not that he's leaving it fallow. That's normal in a free market economy.
There will be meat, it just wont taste the same.
Think grass fed, or out west it may be sagebrush fed.
It will eat, but it dont taste like grain fed for damn sure.
Toughen up, you will live. I also wanted to edit this simply to say that most opportunity for business success is found when most people are not seeing it. If farmers are not planting because fettilizer costs are high, some will see it as an opportunity . Real money in agriculture is made when times are tough.
It will suck for a lot of folks for sure with higher prices at the store, but i sincerely doubt it will be famine conditions.
If anyone tries to starve America into submission they have forgotten what 2A stands for at their peril.
Not really. Grass fed usually ends up tasting like grass, imagine that..
Most of everything you see that sez grass fed is just a marketing gimmick to make people get the feelz about eating something pure as the natural grass.
Thats horseshit, what they do is grow em on grass and finish em on grain/ corn to get the grass taste out of the meat and to put the fat marbeling in..
Most grass fed beef tastes like shit, depending on what kind of natural forage they have been foraging upon. Ever chewed on a sprig of sagebrush ?
According to the farmer, there's a soybean shortage in the US. So by him switching to soybeans for the season, he's fortifying our food supply. Plus, soybeans are also used as livestock feed. I fail to see the problem here. If we were experiencing a corn shortage, the price would go up and it would be economical for the farmer to plant corns again. That's how the free market operates, based on supply and demand.
Well we sure eat of it, that's for sure. Approximately 10% of the calories of what Americans consume comes from soy. Just think about that for a second. One tenth of all American food. Even if you don't buy soy products like soy milk, tofu etc, if you regularly eat out or buy any kind of processed food chances are you're gulping down pounds of that stuff every month.
Oh by the way, that number doesn't even include livestock that was fed soy, which is basically all of it. 70% of all soy produced goes to feed animals. Just think about all those hormones that steak you buy at the store contains.
So yeah, my point is that no matter what you think about soy it is an absolutely vital part of the American diet. Taking out soy would be like taking out wheat, or corn. It's that engrained to our diet.
That's not what the article is talking about though. The farmer says that he substituted one crop (corn) for another (soybeans), not that he's leaving it fallow. That's normal in a free market economy.
Don't be dense. Corn is also used to feed livestock. No feed, no meat. Jesus. Some people's kids.
There will be meat, it just wont taste the same. Think grass fed, or out west it may be sagebrush fed. It will eat, but it dont taste like grain fed for damn sure. Toughen up, you will live. I also wanted to edit this simply to say that most opportunity for business success is found when most people are not seeing it. If farmers are not planting because fettilizer costs are high, some will see it as an opportunity . Real money in agriculture is made when times are tough. It will suck for a lot of folks for sure with higher prices at the store, but i sincerely doubt it will be famine conditions. If anyone tries to starve America into submission they have forgotten what 2A stands for at their peril.
Isn't grass-fed preferable over grain-fed?
Not really. Grass fed usually ends up tasting like grass, imagine that.. Most of everything you see that sez grass fed is just a marketing gimmick to make people get the feelz about eating something pure as the natural grass. Thats horseshit, what they do is grow em on grass and finish em on grain/ corn to get the grass taste out of the meat and to put the fat marbeling in.. Most grass fed beef tastes like shit, depending on what kind of natural forage they have been foraging upon. Ever chewed on a sprig of sagebrush ?
According to the farmer, there's a soybean shortage in the US. So by him switching to soybeans for the season, he's fortifying our food supply. Plus, soybeans are also used as livestock feed. I fail to see the problem here. If we were experiencing a corn shortage, the price would go up and it would be economical for the farmer to plant corns again. That's how the free market operates, based on supply and demand.
Soy is not a fit food for humans or animals. It has industrial uses but definitely not as a food
Well we sure eat of it, that's for sure. Approximately 10% of the calories of what Americans consume comes from soy. Just think about that for a second. One tenth of all American food. Even if you don't buy soy products like soy milk, tofu etc, if you regularly eat out or buy any kind of processed food chances are you're gulping down pounds of that stuff every month.
Oh by the way, that number doesn't even include livestock that was fed soy, which is basically all of it. 70% of all soy produced goes to feed animals. Just think about all those hormones that steak you buy at the store contains.
So yeah, my point is that no matter what you think about soy it is an absolutely vital part of the American diet. Taking out soy would be like taking out wheat, or corn. It's that engrained to our diet.
That's IF you can get the soybean seeds. Many farmers just can't get them.