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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3750 on: February 04, 2021, 10:03:14 PM »
I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?

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The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).

Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.

https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
Sys beat me to it.  My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna.  Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.


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Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?
Yep. And ABC settled that lawsuit for around $200 million. They are now building a new ground beef plant in Garden City.

https://businessfacilities.com/2020/10/empirical-foods-breaks-ground-250m-facility-garden-city-kansas/

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3751 on: February 05, 2021, 12:03:18 AM »


I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?

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The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).

Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.

https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
Sys beat me to it.  My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna.  Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.


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Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?
Yep. And ABC settled that lawsuit for around $200 million. They are now building a new ground beef plant in Garden City.

https://businessfacilities.com/2020/10/empirical-foods-breaks-ground-250m-facility-garden-city-kansas/

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Crazy I never remembered the lawsuit

https://www.businessinsider.com/pink-slime-case-177-million-settlement-2017-8

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3752 on: February 05, 2021, 07:23:38 AM »
Also buying land is crazy. Lot of secrecy and deal making around it. Everyone knows some old man/lady who’s on their deathbed who has a bunch of land. And if the big time operators end up buying it everyone loses their minds. “Of course rough ridin' John Doeboy bought the Johnson ground!” It’s really tough to get into it fresh unless you know the right people.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3753 on: February 05, 2021, 10:28:26 AM »
The ag industry as a whole is way more socialist than Venezuela ever dreamed of being.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3754 on: February 15, 2021, 08:55:47 AM »
My mom says it’s baby cows in the mud room cold




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« Reply #3755 on: February 15, 2021, 09:02:30 AM »
My family have had to do the same, but they have still ended up losing a few so far.

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« Reply #3756 on: February 15, 2021, 09:05:34 AM »
Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3757 on: February 15, 2021, 09:07:54 AM »
My in laws are bunking with baby goats that all came within the past week

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3758 on: February 15, 2021, 09:21:38 AM »
Sad to lose calves or weak livestock but it is what it is.  Lost the last holstein we had on the farm three days ago, she was 14. :frown:

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« Reply #3759 on: February 15, 2021, 09:22:01 AM »
Cute little baby cow  :)
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« Reply #3760 on: February 15, 2021, 09:24:03 AM »
Sad to lose calves or weak livestock but it is what it is.  Lost the last holstein we had on the farm three days ago, she was 22. :frown:

That sucks, poor cold cows  :frown:
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« Reply #3761 on: February 15, 2021, 09:26:19 AM »
Had the age wrong, 14.  She was one we kept during the buy-out because she was a scrawny heifer. 

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« Reply #3762 on: February 15, 2021, 09:44:36 AM »
that's a nice baby cow, steve dave.
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« Reply #3763 on: February 15, 2021, 09:45:38 AM »
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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3764 on: February 15, 2021, 10:05:08 AM »
Isn’t that what barns are for?

Did farmers quit using livestock barns for stuff like that?


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3765 on: February 15, 2021, 10:11:39 AM »
Odd question but why aren't there any good solar powered water heaters for livestock tanks? Or none that seem readily available and affordable.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3766 on: February 15, 2021, 10:56:47 AM »
Wouldn't the dumb cows destroy a solar tank heater?

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« Reply #3767 on: February 15, 2021, 11:13:03 AM »
Isn’t that what barns are for?

Did farmers quit using livestock barns for stuff like that?


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We have barns. Some with giant propane and kerosene heaters for stuff like this. But my dad and bro still bring them into the house from time to time. Maybe while they get the outside storage ready or something. I think part of it is just to mess with my mom tbh.


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« Reply #3768 on: February 15, 2021, 11:14:39 AM »
Odd question but why aren't there any good solar powered water heaters for livestock tanks? Or none that seem readily available and affordable.
I think it would take more energy to keep one thawed than what some pud solar panel could produce. At least affordably. Our cowboys are out busting ice in stock tanks every day when it’s cold enough. Dad told me that the ice was 6 inches thick yesterday.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3769 on: February 15, 2021, 11:17:18 AM »
Wood and hay kin burn

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« Reply #3770 on: February 15, 2021, 12:10:57 PM »
My grandpa always kept a log or pipe in the stock tank sticking out so when it froze he just had to grab the part sticking out to break the ice.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #3771 on: February 15, 2021, 12:14:21 PM »
Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.


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Do you bring the pregger cows closer to the barn/house when you know there is going to be crappy weather that might make them pop out calves? 

There was a surprise blizzard in the 70's or 80's around this time of the year and gramp's couldn't get to his cows for a day or two. I saw a picture of the piles of dead calves.  :frown:

I assume that weather forecasting advances over the last 40 years make this less likely.

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« Reply #3772 on: February 15, 2021, 12:19:09 PM »
Probably not even an option out west. Grandpa three small but well timbered areas that all the cows spent the winter in. I guess so they could get out of the wind. It made counting them a pain in the ass


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« Reply #3773 on: February 15, 2021, 12:45:27 PM »
Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.


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Do you bring the pregger cows closer to the barn/house when you know there is going to be crappy weather that might make them pop out calves? 

There was a surprise blizzard in the 70's or 80's around this time of the year and gramp's couldn't get to his cows for a day or two. I saw a picture of the piles of dead calves.  :frown:

I assume that weather forecasting advances over the last 40 years make this less likely.

no, these aren't even within 20 miles of where that mud room is. cowboys drive them a couple times daily to see if there are any new calves. we also feed them with a feed truck this time of year. sometimes have to get a JD 9 series (big massive tractor) with a blade on the front to clear a path for the truck. and sometimes we just chain the truck to the tractor to get it out there and feed them. and sometimes we just deliver alfalfa if it gets really bad. but, there's nowhere to bring them. we would need, like, 50 barns to put them all inside somewhere.

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« Reply #3774 on: February 15, 2021, 12:49:21 PM »
that's a nice baby cow, steve dave.

i was excited it wasn't a boring regular black one