I don't care if it's poultry, pork or beef. It's an absolute conspiracy.
Take poultry for instance. Large enough producers have USDA people ON STAFF and don't have to take their birds anywhere to be processed.
The nearest USDA facility to me is nearly 6 HOURS AWAY - Are those birds going to arrive alive after all that stress if transport? You're going to have a high percentage of mortality from farm to facility.
And in case you're not getting it....all animals to be slaughtered MUST ARRIVE ALIVE.
SO MUCH of our food is manipulated and regulated that there's NO WAY you can REALLY survive, let alone compete with larger outfits & as a result, they control the pricing and because of economies of scale, they've already got a wider profit margin right from the start.
You could go the Joel Salatin slaughter on the farm route, but that's going to vary by state and there's a limit of I think 1,000 birds per year... which is nothing.
But yanno... this is the land of the free and home of the brave, so we should be thankful for that and keep quiet & eat your factory food.
I looked at raising meat chickens, but we don’t have a State or USDA poultry processor nearby. Even if we did it would take a substantial cut of the profit from selling direct to consumers.
I know in my state the limit for on farm poultry processing is 20,000 chickens. Above 1,000 there are some additional hurdles, but they don’t seem too complex and no inspection of the animals is required.
What stops me is the thought of putting together a team that can process that many birds. If we can’t find help to make small square bales of hay, I’m doubtful people will want to process chickens.
This is a HUGE issue for meat producers. HUGE.
I don't care if it's poultry, pork or beef. It's an absolute conspiracy.
Take poultry for instance. Large enough producers have USDA people ON STAFF and don't have to take their birds anywhere to be processed.
The nearest USDA facility to me is nearly 6 HOURS AWAY - Are those birds going to arrive alive after all that stress if transport? You're going to have a high percentage of mortality from farm to facility.
And in case you're not getting it....all animals to be slaughtered MUST ARRIVE ALIVE.
SO MUCH of our food is manipulated and regulated that there's NO WAY you can REALLY survive, let alone compete with larger outfits & as a result, they control the pricing and because of economies of scale, they've already got a wider profit margin right from the start.
You could go the Joel Salatin slaughter on the farm route, but that's going to vary by state and there's a limit of I think 1,000 birds per year... which is nothing.
But yanno... this is the land of the free and home of the brave, so we should be thankful for that and keep quiet & eat your factory food.
I looked at raising meat chickens, but we don’t have a State or USDA poultry processor nearby. Even if we did it would take a substantial cut of the profit from selling direct to consumers.
I know in my state the limit for on farm poultry processing is 20,000 chickens. Above 1,000 there are some additional hurdles, but they don’t seem too complex and no inspection of the animals is required.
What stops me is the thought of putting together a team that can process that many birds. If we can’t find help to make small square bales of hay, I’m doubtful people will want to process chickens.
A loud "Roger that", fren.
I know exactly what you mean