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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:56 PM Original message |
Corn crunch means costliest beef since 1980s |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buy grass-fed beef? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Here's some info for you -- |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I know all that. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. That's interesting -- grass fed beef SOUNDS like it would be much more |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. If it's not too personal a question, how old are you? Were you raised on corn fed beef? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Let's just say I'm not young |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I ate 100% organic for 8 years, |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Grass-fed is the absolute best. 38 million Argentines can't be wrong. |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. +1,000 Grass fed tastes much better than unhealthy corn fed |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Fire up the grill. I'll be right over. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I agree about the taste |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. What you are tasting is the "gamey" flavor... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Yes, it was probably green beef |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Very good point. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Corn fed cattle... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. The grass-fed beef I get from Thundering Hooves (Walla Walla, WA) is delish! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. If I'm paying for grass-fed, I prefer bison over beef anyway. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Pity. n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. ummm what happened to "deflation"? hasn't showed up here in so cal nt |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe now they can stop putting GMO corn in everything |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. But, there is no inflation. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. We are being lied to. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. No! Not my beef! wait... I don't eat beef. nt |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because they keep making corn fuel from it instead of feed corn. |
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Francesca9 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Exactly so |
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Oldenuff (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. High Fructose Corn Syrup have anything to do with rising costs for feed corn? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Maybe... |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Corn yields are down as well |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. I guess folks on Social Security don't eat beef? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. Just yesterday, the local, (NE), radio was stating a bumper crop in corn |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Speculators (R) are driving all grain prices sky high |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Bingo! You were the ONLY one so far to state what (in these times)........... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. If one searches about a bit on the net, there is lots of info on Speculators (R) |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. This is also true. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Same here, they talking bumper crops all around in this area. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Looks like corn yields aren't living up to the hype they've been running all summer |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. Eat Mor Chikn |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Stop making fuel out of corn. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. Corn |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I'd love to see hybrid chestnuts substituted for corn production |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Prairie potholes, 4 million "illegals" from Mexico, the Gulf dead zone - Corn is the enemy within |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Subsidies |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. Corn-fed beef is unhealthy. |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. in a couple more years it will be beef for the rich |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Fine by me. Cheap beef is bad news. n/t |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. corn fed steak is delicious |
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