re: What are people eating?

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Nope. Farmers are getting lower prices this year compared to last. For example last year avg price/lb on catfish was 1.35

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Cattle prices are up compared to recent years but that is after nearly a decade of exceptionally low prices.

Now that those prices are better, feed skyrocketed so we are looking at different sourcing. Fuel is high, the drought sent hay up, though we typically cut our own. The drought is so bad we are bailing whatever just to get through the winter. The cows ate the leaves up to about 5’ high in the woods.

We will be “ok” but we culled a lot of cows we’d typically keep and sold all the heifers we keep some years as replacements. Scaled back the operation 20%. May cull further after weaning the fall calves.

Damn! Same "Post check" bug again made another double post for me.

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I prefer my catfish to be from the heavy regulated ponds in Vietnam or Indonesia.

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Yup, they have multi-level operations. Caged chickens dropping their manure to a flock of ducks that re-process it and supply it to the catfish in the ponds below.

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What planet are you living on? Broccoli = 12.9 grams protein Steak = 112 grams protein

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I think the units are confusing everyone. Broccoli is much heavier per lb than steak. 20 lb of steak you just throw it over your shoulder and walk normally. You ever tried carrying 20 lbs of broccoli? Forget about it. You’d need a buggy.

I understand that but you can’t carry 20 lbs of broccoli. At minimum it would have to be bagged.

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For example last year avg price/lb on catfish was 1.35 Right now it’s 1.17

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is that live weight? Retail fillets are $9-10 NLa.

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So if domestic and import sales are all down then wtf are people eating for protein?

And grocery prices should be tanking with the level of inventory out there. None of this makes any damn sense but you’re about to see a ton of producers, processors, farmers go under in 2024 if it doesn’t get better.

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Well we can only hope it's a more widespread movement of getting away from overbuying grocery store protein.

Everyone should know what food their food ate. As many people as possible putting as few links in the supply chain between them and their protein as possible is going to do wonders for our society.

Trying to do my part. I eat 18oz of chicken/beef/turkey per day.

I go shopping once every 2 weeks and probably buy about 15 pounds of meat

Red beans.

I'm not seeing any of this out in the pnw yet - I get beautiful large gulf shrimp at $9/lb, premium steak hamburgers for $7/lb and fresh PNW salmon for ~$11 to $14/lb and that's about all I eat. Hope things improve for yall soon - I'm def never giving up meat.

ETA - farm raised local eggs $6 per dozen and avocados I eat a ton of as well