I raise beef cattle as my retirement job. This has been a long time coming. Processors have been screwing beef farmers for far too long. We've been doing all the hard work, and they've been making all the profits. My neighbor and I quit taking our beef to auction 5 years ago. We sell local, and have a neighborhood meat cutter we work with.
Like everything else, raising cattle is directly affected by the price of fuel, feed, fertilizer, etc, etc. Costs almost twice as much to bale hay as it did 5 years ago.
I raise beef cattle as my retirement job. This has been a long time coming. Processors have been screwing beef farmers for far too long. We've been doing all the hard work, and they've been making all the profits. My neighbor and I quit taking our beef to auction 5 years ago. We sell local, and have a neighborhood meat cutter we work with.
Hello: any idea what is driving up beef prices lately ? I'm hearing insane numbers like baby beef calves worth $400-$500
Like everything else, raising cattle is directly affected by the price of fuel, feed, fertilizer, etc, etc. Costs almost twice as much to bale hay as it did 5 years ago.
Yep understood, what I meant is cattle buyers are paying insane money for beef cattle lately.
Probably because of supply shortages. A lot of folks have left the business.