Tex_77 Thanks Tex, good articles, lots of info.

RafterW Unfortunately the gates community will force this upon us whether it is liked or not, either to save the planet or to make them richer you do the math.

HerbcoFood sad but true.

Tex_77 thanks again for the great reading. 👍

Tex_77 Thanks Tex, what kind of meat eater are you had me split between family first and aging traditionalist, great articles.

Tex_77 great reading. Thanks again

I read on-line that they arrested 3 men in Florida for stealing semis with meat in them. Estimated $9 million was stolen across the Midwest.

Tex_77 said in Meat Matters Oct 13th to Oct 19th, 2022:

But most processors at least in my area, don’t have a meat counter.

That is what I’m seeing too Tex, the demand for slaughter of individual animals is up considerably as folks feel the need for food security. When I was young this was normal and every town and community had a slaughterhouse, but they all closed and now our nearest three are 40 miles away in opposite directions. They are so booked that it is a 6-9 month wait to get your animal in. My neighbor gets her pigs and books their slaughter date when I castrate them, so they do not get too big. The three I speak of, one added a meat counter, one had retail for decades, and the other one still does not have a retail counter.

Tex_77 Thanks Tex, great articles, the California decision will have a nationwide impact whichever way it is decided.

Some very good reading there Tex but I think they need to watch Bill Gates as well as foreign country’s buying up farm land

Tex_77 Thanks, more interesting articles.

Hopefully the states to the north that grow corn got the rain that they needed to have a good crop to make up for Kansas this year. I know it will be tough for the Kansas farmers and ranchers, I hope they will all make it through the year and have a great year next year.

Tex_77 Always good & interesting content. Thank you Tex for each & everything you do.

Tex_77 good reading. Thanks 👍

Tex_77 good reading material. Thanks 👍

Tex_77 Thanks Tex, great reading.

Tex_77 M&M healthy, I never thought I would hear those in the same sentence. I always laugh when I see nutritional info on candy.

Tex_77 What a brilliant thought about “consumers think the avian flu is affecting prices”. That’s really a huge stretch “consumers” when around 38M have been taken out of circulation.

Tex_77 Thanks Tex great reading.

Jamieson22 I agree, black bean burgers aren’t terrible, also there is a place I used to frequent that made a pretty good pumpkin burger.

Tex_77 Thanks Tex good reading.

Tex_77 Thanks Tex great articles.

Tex_77 Lots of good articles. I remember when we used to go down to Mexico & beyond in the early 60’s & beyond, before it became the La Tourista meca it is today in some places. The running joke was always see perro in the morning, see perro in your Tijuana taco in the evening. Pretty bad, I know.

Tex_77 I have long suspected this https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/coronaviruses-survive-refrigerated-and-frozen-meat There were stories like 18 months ago about it being found in Ice Cream and them boom, didn’t hear ANYTHING more about it. Seemed like it makes sense that it could survive in those conditions. Thanks for finding that!

Jonathon Billy Martin reminds me of a Banty Rooster, he always figured he was the toughest person on the field or in the room.

mrobisr I read an interesting article about the conditions creating a " perfect storm" to stress the cattle.
I agree these numbers are higher than any I have seen in the past

I am sure imaginations would be running wild when a couple burley guys roll into the adult store with boat in tow and leave with a couple secret baits. 😂

Tex_77 Thanks for the update Tex.

Jonathon lies all lies!

zbigjeff i think it might be time to stock pile

Departing Contestant I’m sure they were just chewing away on Tomahawk ribeyes!

Tex_77 good articles thanks for sharing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/over-120-000-pounds-of-ground-beef-recalled-due-to-possible-e-coli-contamination/ar-AAWClB6?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=5babd660592b4d7fbfb6d8bf42491528 Uh oh!

Just for a reminder, 10 cells of something like Salmonella wouldn’t even be noticed, 100 cells probably would at most give you some upset stomach. 10 cells of E. coli will send a lot fo people to the Hosptial!

mrobisr I agree with that.

Tex_77 Thanks for the update Tex. I do agree with the meat industry reps, from my perspective the real meat producers have no worry about me converting to bean burgers, ever!

Tex_77 Thanks for the update Tex, though the over the counter antibiotics article is very bad news for us producers. I’ll stock up the best I can.

HerbcoFood said in Meat Matters March 23-30th, 2022:

Jonathon Think it would work with eggs? Next podcast…will it vacuum pack???

Waterglass or lard works for sure I have experimented with both.

Tex_77 Thanks Tex for the updates.

Tex_77 Thanks for the update.

“The Power of Meat” is one of the most comprehensible and sensible reports on the Meat Industry that comes out. I look forward to it every year

Here’s is a case regarding someone suing falsely over deceptive labeling and was just dismissed. https://www.reuters.com/business/lawsuit-claiming-kelloggs-strawberry-pop-tarts-have-too-few-strawberries-is-2022-03-02/

Tex_77 interesting 🤔. Thanks for sharing.

zbigjeff well when they found out he is a meat eater, they would probably freeze the account and give the money to a vegan organization of their choice.😁

I accidently just read the graphic I see weekly as, “Meat Mattress,” I mean with the pics of the pork and all. I mean am I wrong??? JohnG5

Congratulations Guys, Great Jobs on everything.

PapaSop Well, there you go & you have a whole lot of referrals here to boot.

That was definitely a profession quality video. You guys did a great job!

JohnG5 congrats to all.

JohnG5 congrats to everyone.

Got to go with YooperDog with those plates for recipes and HerbcoFoods for processing with his shortrib stew

Ridley Acres it was during the depression. They had to do whatever it took to survive.

calldoctoday said in USDA Labeling changes:

YooperDog Pike I have caught & tried, real toothy characters, but tasty, a little bony if I recall. That was some big ones. Are the Hammer Handles the little ones?

Yes, the smaller ones are called hammer handles and they pickle pretty good, vinegar just melts the bones. The larger ones i fillet out and pickle the smaller pieces.

I am going to try for some bourbot this year, but I will wait for some better ice.

JohnG5 congrats to all. Well deserved 👏

Congrats to all 3 winners 🏆. Well deserved 👏

JohnG5 I hope that is money well spent.

JohnG5 congrats to all those are some great looking meals 😋

I’ll go HerbcoFood. The simplicity is key

Wow great pictures. Congrats to the creators.

I WANT ALL OF IT!!! Good job posting fellows

calldoctoday You are correct. It has been going on for a long time. Hershey’s and the other candy and gum producers started downsizing many years ago.

JohnG5 Keep on Rolling, Keep on Rolling…

106 new users…Wowzer!

Dr_Pain Sometimes I have to take lunch early at this job. With all the food I’m around.

JohnG5 good info and good topic. Thanks

A seat at the table!!!

Ridley Acres said in Meat Matters August 23rd to August 28, 2021:

JohnG5 said in Meat Matters August 23rd to August 28, 2021:

For now I’m a free agent.

When you translate that, it means offending either Jon or Austin would be equally detrimental. But since he is the guy behind the camera now it would make sense to go gray.

Can’t believe you just said that. LOL. :orangehat: :orangehat:

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I really need to make some jerky

YooperDog butts here are still 1.99 and up. I have a friend who’s daughter in law works at a meat distributor. I have not got any for a few months now, but when I got a case for the sons grad party, they were 1.05 a pound. ‘‘Normal’’ years I pay around .70 a pound.

Stay up to date with Jonathon, Austin, PatrickB and JohnG5 as they go through and bring you the latest and most important stories that effect the food industry. These articles can range from the impactful to the ridiculous, serious to scary!

Tom Eickman, president of Eickman’s Processing in Seward, Illinois, blames the labor shortage in the United States for the surge in price of meat. “We’re just trying to get people in, get people moving that product. Ourselves, we’re seven individuals short [of a full work team].”

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown said that growing animals is outdated, like a landline telephone and that soon the superior technology (in his opinion) of plant-based meat will replace real animal meat.

For the first time ever meat, poultry, dairy farmers and processors united for a “common vision for transparent communication, continuous improvement, and ambitious commitments to ensure the sustainability of the high-quality protein foods Americans rely on every day."

Court decision reverses the seizure of cattle in a will dispute. According to the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association the reversal will avoid the implementation of a “A different precedent (that) could have been used against cattle raisers across the U.S.”

As the market recovers from Covid-19, the pork industry is expecting to see “an acceleration in automation” that “will affect the entire supply chain from field to grocery and restaurants.”

Nestle is entering the cultured meat market using technology developed by Future Meat Technologies Ltd. The Israel based startup uses cell-based technology.

There is an underground market for smuggling meat into China from Hong Kong. “Gangs controlled by Hong Kong Triads” are suspected.

Duke University published results of a study that shows the differences between real beef and plant-based substitutes. Using metabolites, the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute metabolomics core lab found that several metabolites key to human health were found exclusively or at a much higher quantity in beef than in plant-based alternatives.

Enjoy this slideshow of food laws in different States throughout the United States. Do you know of any crazy laws or traditions with food where you live?

It’s not surprising or shocking to find out that plant-based alternatives lack some of the nutritional elements that are contained in real beef products. The components of beef are the building blocks for growth and nutrition. To those that choose to not eat beef, that is absolutely your choice, but trying to make it seem like these plant-based alternatives can replace beef nutritionally is inaccurate.

So why can’t alternative plant-based meat and traditional animal meat co-exist peacefully? Why does it need to be one or the other? Adding an alternative to animal meat does not mean that it needs to be taken completely off the market or is something bad. The beauty of life is that people have choices. If someone chooses to eat animal meat, then that is their decision. If someone chooses not to eat animals, then that is their choice.

I think we have gotten so used to having to pick a side of an issue or join this group or that group to fight against this other group that we have forgotten the real advantage of our way of life is the freedom to choose. It’s nice to have abundance, prosperity and alternatives. Don’t take that abundance, prosperity or choice away from someone else just because you disagree with their tastes.

Surg Loving the Jerky!!!
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GWG8541 Smoked Salmon looks delicious!!!
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gChart When’s supper???
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