Dear Editor
When we allowed the Chinese to buy Tyson Meat plants I knew it was just a matter of time and they would try to Hurt us. They are closing Nebraska and calling back meat from Texas, driving beef prices up. Cattle numbers have dropped to a 70 year low. Trump will have to rebuild the ranching industry doing something to increase the size of the herds and the size of the cattle. Then build more processing plants. There is one in Gainesville called Grandma’s meat processing plant. I have talked to them and they sound like they know what they are doing. One of the things some Processing houses don’t take into effect is when the animal is stressed from the trip to the processing plant their adrenaline is peaking they need to calm down before processing. Grass fed beef is bad about that, I talk to a lady that sold Grass fed beef. She had to credit several people because of the stress when they were processed, NOT GOOD! Aging beef can ruin the meat if the fat goes bad way before there beef is effected, so they have to watch that, if they get behind it could ruin the rest of the meat.
There are a lot of small ranchers raising beef, not enough to fill the void but can help a little. We are going to have to open to Mexican beef or some other close country, maybe bring the cattle into the US and feed them a good balanced food plot for a couple of months before processing.
This sound callused but that is part of our food. We are already bringing in vegetables and meat from foreign countries. When going to the meat Department at WD watch for black trays that is USA beef.
