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   1/22/08

   kellybax

   Not exactly but a woman I used to work with raised cattle. The firm would buy a cattle and let the employees share the meat to take home. It was pretty cool because we all got to stock up for awhile.
   
   My SIL's uncle raised buffalo. He gave us some a few times. BTW, if you have never had buffalo, it is incredible!

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   1/22/08

   kevingoodman

   I take it the quality was good.

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   1/22/08

   robinj

   once married to a stock agent always had butchered beef off the farm it was always cheaper than the supermarkets and we could specify how we wanted the meat cut....you cut out a middle man

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   1/22/08

   KiraMarie

   My dad bought some pigs once to raise and then eat. Never a cow though. Sometimes I feel bad for eating meat, but then I do it anyway..

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   1/22/08

   kevingoodman

   LoL - my secret ambition is to be a farmer. Not really so secret.

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6. 

   1/22/08

   m38967

   gross. leave the cows alone.

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   1/22/08

   techfun

   I buy grass fed ground beef right now from a farmer and its awesome. When I was a kid my parents used to buy a half a cow and a whole pig every fall, the quality was great but this was all before confined feedlot operations were big.

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   1/22/08

   freeatlast

   Yes... my family would do this often... both with pigs and cows... but we were country folk and that's what a lot of people do outside the big cities. We also raised a lot of our own meat... every kind imaginable... except platypus... and would name our steers Sir Loin to always remind ourselves that certain of them were doomed to become table meat, and not get too attached to them.... but we treated all of our animals with utmost respect and compassion... one of the reasons i became vegetarian after moving to the city... you don't really know much... and frankly most ppl don't want to know... how those packages of meat are treated before they are killed.
   Yes... you can definitely save money by buying a quarter or half a steer... and if raised properly, AND butchered properly, you'll very likely have ridiculously good steaks which you pay top dollar for in a restaurant or grocery. However, even with all the controls in place to create a good tasting, well-marbled, tender steer... it's not a guarantee. Always taking a little bit of a risk.

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   1/22/08

   offendedblogger

   Yes, we do and it is far better for you than grocery store beef. We also buy buffalo meat, free range chicken and fresh eggs AND hunt our own elk, deer and pheasant.
   
   I will outlive everyone who eats "FDA" approved meat ha.

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    1/22/08

    RobertDi

    Always take a calculator when buying in bulk. Some of those deals offered by costco end up costing more per lb than what you could byuy it for at the grocery store full price. Ranchers do the same deal they give only a small amount of the prime meats and the rest in cheaper cuts.. Just like anything involving money you have to be smart about it

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    1/23/08

    kevingoodman

    Wow. I am not so wierd. As for moeny I naturally want a bargain by buying bulk but more importantly I hear it's healthier and higher quality - if you buy from the right producer. Is there a prime time of the year for slaughtering and butchering?

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    1/23/08

    Rozie818

    When I was a kid, my parents join this program, where you got the beef cut up as you liked it, and they supplied the freezer for you to store it, but you had to at least half a cow on every order. So when the beef started to back up and we had to start giving it away, the cow and the freezer went right out the window.

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13. 

    1/23/08

    exinco

    you question caught my attention about something that human should not do
    youtube.com/watch?v=bJfXami4haU

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