From el Clarin:MEATPACKERS SUSPEND SLAUGHTER DUE TO LACK OF CATTLE
Tough Rancher Strike Continues
Matías Longoni
mlongoni@clarin.com
We're just back from the campo and the big news around town is the lack of beef for sale here in the center of the beef-eating universe.
The Clarin, among others, is reporting that the government is agreeing to price increases negociated by meatpackers and cattle brokers... but the ranchers are still refusing in large numbers to sell their cattle.
I know that this is the case with us. It is simply too painful to sell the magnificent animals that are the result of this year's continuing splendid weather... for even lower prices than we got last year.
The same weather that worked in favor of producing tremendous cattle is also working in the rancher's favor: this autumn is filled with grass. It looks like spring in the pastures right now and we are "wintering" our cattle for the first time in maybe a century... something we usually don't have enough grass for. I don't wonder that we are the only ones.
Let's hope the nasty feedlots can keep up with the demand for greasy, mushy, bacteria/hormone/antibiotic laden steaks.
2 comments:
I hate feedlots!. Remember where Mod Cow disease came from!.
Canal 7 (the only national Public TV channel left after the '90s privatization wave) did a report on feedlots and why grass-fed cows are healthier for us. It even featured someone from INTA (www.inta.gov.ar) speaking on the matter.
I don't remember the name of the program... let me see... oh yeah. The program was called "Huella Digital - Un Invento Argentino" and hosted by Mauro Federico. It used to be a weekly show (it's no longer on the air) which aired on Thrusday nights I think.
If you find a way into the Canal 7 archive, let me know!. It would be nice to upload it to YouTube. (Afaik self-produced Canal 7 programmes do not have a copyright notice at the end credits, so I assume it's all public information).
Mod=Mad (Cow Disease)
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