Posted by Millwright on January 01, 2019 at 07:59:55 from (192.95.154.216):
In Reply to: Hog confinement stench posted by John in La on December 31, 2018 at 07:36:36:
This is along the lines of a joke for citidiots around there, they build a house in a swamp or marsh, then turn around and complain about mosquitoes.
I myself see anything that heads us back in the direction of mixed farming as a great thing. Same idea as Bruce, I grew up with true mixed operation, around 30 head of Herfords, 7 or 8 Holstiens selling the cream, maybe 60 hogs a year finished on a whole milk slurry and layer and meat chickens. Stable has been empty for twenty years when I gave up on cow/calf just before BSE(madcow) hit. You would almost think that BSE was engineered because it created huge profits for the supply chain.
Some nieghbours used to fill the cattle pens with hogs when the cattle went to grass, but now all you see is the red ink even thinking about raising hogs.
I can't see many beef herds being here within a few years, most guys still at it are in their later years and no one can compete with the BTO's for land.
I could go on in several directions, the basics are mixed farming provides better stewardship of land, higher food safety and self-employment to help economy.
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