Number of US cattle has plummeted to its lowest point in decades

[BCP1928]

Ah, so now we see what this thread is about.....

That's what it is always about--giving too much money to people who don't live the way I think they should.

 

[DaisyDay]

Do you have a problem with facts?

No, but why is less beef production in the US a bad thing? A bit of beef from time to time is good, but chowing down on massive amounts of beef is bad for one's health and bad for the environment.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Y'all may call it scaremongering if that will help you feel better. But don't come crying when y'all realize that prices of meat is skyrocketing faster than the inflation rate for other foods, products, and services.

Didn’t that already happen during covid?

 

[durangodawood]

Less beef generally is better for people and for the world.

 

[Vambram]

Less beef generally is better for people and for the world.

I believe that billions of people would disagree with that opinion.

 

[Vambram]

No, but why is less beef production in the US a bad thing? A bit of beef from time to time is good, but chowing down on massive amounts of beef is bad for one's health and bad for the environment.

No one is implying that someone ought to chow down on massive amounts of beef.

 

[iluvatar5150]

No one is implying that someone ought to chow down on massive amounts of beef.

You’re taking a temporary 3% drop in production and portraying it as a harbinger of doom. If your interest isn’t in people gorging themselves on beef, what is it?

 

[MForbes]

You’re taking a temporary 3% drop in production and portraying it as a harbinger of doom. If your interest isn’t in people gorging themselves on beef, what is it?

He's a scaremonger...that's his interest. It's evident by every thread he starts.

 

[durangodawood]

I believe that billions of people would disagree with that opinion.

Re human and ecological health, its more a fact than an opinion.

Re what tastes good, well, chacun a son gout, so to speak.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Is this a call for more funding for big government oversight of the safety of those chickens?

The first of those links would seem to be, though I didn't read any of them. The link block speaks of potentially preventable fires. Often outbreaks of preventable fires come from poor inspection or adherence to good fire prevention practices, some of which might be lax regulation or enforcement. When I was a kid there was a series of barn fires caused by mowing green hay.

 

[MForbes]

The first of those links would seem to be, though I didn't read any of them. The link block speaks of potentially preventable fires. Often outbreaks of preventable fires come from poor inspection or adherence to good fire prevention practices, some of which might be lax regulation or enforcement. When I was a kid there was a series of barn fires caused by mowing green hay.

He had to reach back from 2013-2017 for that first link....and it fizzled because these are preventable fires.

Seriously, he had to dream up a chicken shortage because the beef shortage wasn't getting the reaction he wanted.

Now, if he REALLY wants to get a reaction, he needs to start a panic on toilet paper. That was a big event during the start of COVID. To this day, I really haven't figured out what started that crap. And there was no reason for it at all.

 

[DaisyDay]

No one is implying that someone ought to chow down on massive amounts of beef.

Okay? So what is the problem with fewer cattle being raised in the US?

 

[Desk trauma]

Okay? So what is the problem with fewer cattle being raised in the US?

Clearly we’re going to be forced to eat fake meat and or crickets.

 

[BCP1928]

No, but why is less beef production in the US a bad thing? A bit of beef from time to time is good, but chowing down on massive amounts of beef is bad for one's health and bad for the environment.

Maybe what it is, is that beef ranchers are all real true MAGA cowboys who are being done down by the liberal something or other conspiracy.

 

[DaisyDay]

Now, if he REALLY wants to get a reaction, he needs to start a panic on toilet paper. That was a big event during the start of COVID. To this day, I really haven't figured out what started that crap. And there was no reason for it at all.

No, there was a reason beyond hoarding. Suddenly everyone was working and schooling from home which meant that they were using more toilet paper at home. And no one was using business toilet paper. Home use toilet paper is not packaged and sold as business type.

 

[MForbes]

No, there was a reason beyond hoarding. Suddenly everyone was working and schooling from home which meant that they were using more toilet paper at home. And no one was using business toilet paper. Home use toilet paper is not packaged and sold as business type.

The amount of toilet paper folks were buying up was way more than they needed for personal use....even during "lockdown". The hoarding started (in my state anyway) quite a while before schools and businesses started shutting down. It was ridiculous.

 

[DaisyDay]

The amount of toilet paper folks were buying up was way more than they needed for personal use....even during "lockdown". The hoarding started (in my state anyway) quite a while before schools and businesses started shutting down. It was ridiculous.

Have you ever used a hot bidet in winter time? I haven't gone back to toilet paper.

 

[KCfromNC]

The first of those links would seem to be, though I didn't read any of them. The link block speaks of potentially preventable fires. Often outbreaks of preventable fires come from poor inspection or adherence to good fire prevention practices, some of which might be lax regulation or enforcement. When I was a kid there was a series of barn fires caused by mowing green hay.

Thanks for the comment. From the lack of responses, I wasn't sure my post was visible. Glad someone read and considered it rather than just jumping on to the next random talking point.