Cow Beef – It’s What’s for Dinner Cow Beef Most of the steaks that end up in higher-end restaurants, or the premium steaks at your grocery store, are from “fed cattle”, young animals that eat a high energy ration on a feedlot. Ground beef...
Fed Cattle – The Production Sequence We Love to Hate Occasionally on the news, most likely during the stock market report, you’ll hear a livestock market report. It might not be obvious how that commodity report ties in to the cattle you see as you drive...
Beef Industry Basics – Part 2 Beef Market Basics Way back in the day, when I was a kid, the local TV stations all did a morning commodity market report, and I used to wonder what in the hell they were talking about. We’ve come a long way. The raucous...
Beef Industry Basics When Others Look to You for Answers Knowing How the Beef Industry Works is a Great First Step in Knowing How Virginia Farming Works When you feel like you’ve just sort of been plopped down on a farm, it can be really hard to...
Kitchen Cabinets – Part 2 So the new cabinets are in, and adjusted, and I’m gonna say that we’re about half way through the process. That’s sort of how it works when you’re doing it pay-as-you-go. We could have done it just full scale if...
Kitchen Cabinets, Part 1 – Ten Years to Instant Gratification Part dining facility, part workshop, part gym. We ask a lot of our kitchen. A good thing about building your own house, and running out of money, is that, with finishing touches delayed, you get a lot...
