MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
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- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
We are fortunate in that we have several good meat markets within half an hour of us. When we go, we usually by 20-30 pounds of hamburger, 20-30 pounds of bone-in chicken breast, 20 pounds of chicken quarters, 10-20 pounds of chicken wings, 10 pounds of stew meat, a couple boneless pork loins, and a boneless rib-eye that's usually 20+ pounds cut into 1" steaks. Maybe a couple bags of shrimp, and a box or two of pollock. We take it home, break it up, and vacuum pack it for the freezer. I bone out the chicken breasts and save the bones and skin for soup stock.
Anyhow, we've found it's cheaper to buy on-sale VS buying from friends and family. We still buy from friends, though, because it's a family/community thing. We enjoy it. However, I can tell they are getting tired of raising it. It's a lot of work and they have other things/family/grandkids that they'd rather spend time with. Our family member that raised beef got out of it for the same reasons. They raised about 20 head a year when their kids were in 4H, then for about 15 years after the kids moved out. It became too time consuming, health issues came up too, so they called it quits and now spend a few months in Florida in winter.
Anyhow, we've found it's cheaper to buy on-sale VS buying from friends and family. We still buy from friends, though, because it's a family/community thing. We enjoy it. However, I can tell they are getting tired of raising it. It's a lot of work and they have other things/family/grandkids that they'd rather spend time with. Our family member that raised beef got out of it for the same reasons. They raised about 20 head a year when their kids were in 4H, then for about 15 years after the kids moved out. It became too time consuming, health issues came up too, so they called it quits and now spend a few months in Florida in winter.