Have you tried the freezer beef market?
Paul Schmid
Massachusetts
Linda & Farwell McMullen/Smith wrote:
> Dear list friends,
> We are a cow/calf producer in Montana and would like to market our calves as
> "natural." Our old cattle buyers in our area are so steeped in tradition
> that they don't even care if the calves are natural or not (when they heard
> the calves had no implants they saw profit to be made by implanting them).
> We would like to add value for our cattle operation if possible, but if
> that's not in the cards we would settle for finding a buyer who wants
> calves with no antibiotics or implants. We sold our natural calves last
> year to one of our traditional buyers who told us he had no market for the
> calves except the regular feedlots who use implants. Does anyone know of a
> way to market these calves to a buyer who specializes in this type of
> product? Thanks in advance for your help!
>
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