Prices not that great?

[WiltonRanch]

Yeah maybe we gotta go beyond commodity beef.
Its a new world out there. If I run cows like my
grappa done it I could lose my ass, but if I forget
how he done it I could go outta business. Part in
parcel is to be less dependent on iron, diesel, and
chemical inputs, and more reliant on well managed
grass and lower cost feeding methods. The writing
is on the wall for the current infrastructure of the
industry. I like ranching because it suits my land,
and not as risky as grain. I am kinda glad there is
less cows but also lamenting the day when cows
were big.

[ASRG]

I wonder if the cattle business might have been more viable today if the "BSE bomb" had been handled differently?
How many young people who might have been interested were turned off completely, when they saw how the federal government refused to step up to the plate and make things right?
Maybe we wouldn't have a bunch of old men and women putting in their last days in the cattle business?

[rkaiser]

In some ways ARSG, BSE was the best thing that happened to this industry. Individuals --- no --- and we are working on that with a class action lawsuit. Industry - yes - by forcing people who want to be in the industry to look at an alternative to feeding the multinational players who will bite the hand that feeds them until they run outa hands and move to the next country.