I concur- the destroyed crops from last season will fail to feed the pipeline of livestock and grains for flour etc. The prices have risen but the farmers and ranchers are not getting paid more- they've been squeezed as they have had to sacrifice animals they can't afford to feed. When the supply thins, no amount of money will help because the meat won't be there. Ditto for the missing harvests.
Stock up on dry storage food, canned goods etc, and get out borrow a vacuum sealer.
I bought a home freeze dryer.... it's coming in a couple weeks.... I've always canned and stuff, this is the summer I'm kicking it up a notch and going into squirrel mode.
My neighbor and I raise beef cattle together as a Co Op. We stopped taking our beef to the cattle auction. There are plenty of folks in our small rural area, who appreciate having beef they can trust, so we sell them locally, and take them to the local processor. The customers pick up the meat and pay for the processing. It's working out great so far.
I concur- the destroyed crops from last season will fail to feed the pipeline of livestock and grains for flour etc. The prices have risen but the farmers and ranchers are not getting paid more- they've been squeezed as they have had to sacrifice animals they can't afford to feed. When the supply thins, no amount of money will help because the meat won't be there. Ditto for the missing harvests.
Stock up on dry storage food, canned goods etc, and get out borrow a vacuum sealer.
I bought a home freeze dryer.... it's coming in a couple weeks.... I've always canned and stuff, this is the summer I'm kicking it up a notch and going into squirrel mode.
Jealous! Been looking at these but we don't have the volume yet to justify the expense.
My neighbor and I raise beef cattle together as a Co Op. We stopped taking our beef to the cattle auction. There are plenty of folks in our small rural area, who appreciate having beef they can trust, so we sell them locally, and take them to the local processor. The customers pick up the meat and pay for the processing. It's working out great so far.
This is the perfect model! We don't have enough cleared land rn but are looking for partners; milk too, while we're at it.