Posted by oldtanker on January 15, 2014 at 21:38:00 from (66.228.255.116):
In Reply to: Sustainable Farming posted by T in NE on January 15, 2014 at 19:41:48:
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LOL nope no government control, it's not sustainable! And that's really the truth about most people into sustainable farming.
Thing of it is, is this. If your livestock needs meds, no problem do it but don't feed them antibiotics just because. Sure feed your cows grain but have them on pasture or long stem hay too. Put something back into the soil besides just chemicals. Nothing wrong with soil testing and using chemical fertilizers. But put something back in that will hold the nutrients there. Herbicides and pesticides only as needed. Pretty much GMO is out but hybrids are acceptable.
Now there are some folks out there who have sustainable one step away from organic and that step would be the certs needed for organic but that is a fringe group.
So the local guys here with one exception I know of in the county could sell their beef to what is generally accepted the sustainable market. We only have one feed lot operation that I know of. I have a nephew who works for a local BTO grain beef farmer. The guy ships over 1000 finished cattle a year that can all be classed as sustainable. And he's not the only one. Lot of guys here ship 50-500 head a year like that.
You guys should read the rules. What counts as grass fed? What counts as angus? For an animal to be sold as grass fed it has to have only grass/hay available for a 30 day period. For an animal to be sold as Angus you only have to prove 10%. Really go read the rules. It's kinda interesting.
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