Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
You known, I was really surprised that hamburger can be made from
meat coming from different countries. Silly me, thought it all came from the same steer.

Actually... Most ground beef comes from "retired" dairy cows. Unless you are buying very high quality ground beef from a butcher, or making your own from high grade steak, you are eating a retired dairy cow.

Being "from the farm", I know that a dairy cow, on average, has about 7 good milking years in her. Figure about 10 months of milking per year. You cut her off one month before and after the has her calf. Even though 80% of the time the calf is sold 3 days after birth for veal.

I think it would do the people good to really understand just HOW that hamburger gets on your plate.

I am just counting the days until I can be a 'lowly' farmer again.