Where is everyone #5

Same here, nothing a little Bluegrass won’t cure though......

 

Early mid 70’s. Called a Dodge Big Horn. Diesel no doubt.

 

Cummins and 2 stroke Detroit’s were common in them.

 

This has been going on for a good while, but maybe something will be done eventually. One big problem the cattle industry faces is the outside money involved. There is a boatload of it, and not necessarily in ownership but in the futures market. Once the cattle leave the farm or ranch or feedlot, it becomes nothing but a den of thieves. Most cow buyers I wouldn't trust in a shythouse with my mother-in-law. Back to the futures market, these big brokerage houses have the financial means and technology to set their trades in nano seconds. For those of you that don't know what a nano second is, it is a billionith of a second (I had to look it up). Try competing with that. Up until the mid 90's if a trade went against the owner of the cattle in favor of guy who bought the contract, the owner could literally deliver the cattle to the Chicago Mercantile. It was done though not often. The last time it was done President Clinton but a stop to it and said no more. From then on the futures market has been a pain in the butt to the average cattleman. In 98 I loaded the last of my cows, and to this day miss the cow work. But I have not missed one little bit the bs that goes with it. I'll stick with my sheep.

 

Scary thing is those are what will be taking care of us in the retirement home one day

 

You can still deliver on the contract....with grain at least. there are specified delivery points. I inquired a couple years ago when I thought my price for local delivery was too low compared to the Chicago futures price. I thought I would just truck my grain to Chicago. IIRC they told me I could deliver to some warehouse in the outskirts or to an elevator on the river somewhere. In the end, after I figured my trucking costs and lost time, it was a wash.

I could be wrong but I thought the WTO doesn't allow COOL by any country because it violated some tariff agreement. Something about labeling being a tariff by another name. I'm all for COOL. Free trade or not, I want to know where my food comes from. Up here in Canada, they aren't even allowed to specify what grade it is because that would give it away. I.E. they cannot put USDA Prime and Canada cannot use Canada Grade A because then the buyer would know. FWIW, COOL applies to more than meat....you see it on vegetables too

 

That's poignant!

 

He might want to look these old boys up while down there. They look like they would be fun to hang out with. They have got the kareokee down for sure...

 

Came down to pick up a set of rocker gaskets, nice to have a parts house with a lot of things in stock. Small but definitely affective......