If you need to add some more beef to your freezer you should not wait too long. There are some major factors working against cattle men these days. The big one is drought. Hard to grow cattle on dust and sand. Normally ranchers would truck in hay to keep their herds alive. Current transportation costs make that a bad deal. The only thing they can do is to ship their underweight cattle to market.
That will help supply in the short term, but it’s like eating your seed corn. If the drought ended next month it would still take a very long time for the herds to build up again.
Personally, I’ve built up a bit of beef in the freezer but not all that much. We don’t eat beef like we used to anyway. We’ll always find something to eat as we are not picky. While a steak or hamburger is nice now and then, beans and rice will keep you alive just as well.
-Sixbears
Before filling up that freezer with expensive meat that will rot when the grid goes down you better make sure you have a reliable way to keep food frozen.
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DeleteGood point. One of the reasons I'm not overstocked. I've a small 12 volt freezer and it runs on solar.
DeleteAccording to Pioneer Preppy the farms by him aren't shipping hay out west this year, they're keeping it to expand their own herds. No water shortages there.
ReplyDeleteHope they can eventually pick up some of the slack.
DeleteI bought beef a little at a time and I've canned most of it. It's shelf stable as is much of my meat. Little steps at a time and those shelves will fill up. Bone broth too, you can't beat some good chicken soup when you are feeling a cold coming on.. lots of vegies on the shelf too. Trying to stay ahead just a bit. Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteCanning is a good skill to have -which I don't. My bad.
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