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@agronomistryan1 Crowding while in the uterus affecting tendons (fix with splints) or feed toxins would be my guess (could also be other causes). Even if fully addressable, will need to give thought to time and effort required vs. reward. Even if no good options, there are still less bad options.

Anyone have experience with a calf like this? Front leg are bent back and to the side. Massive calf. Assuming it got cramped in womb and things had to bend to make room. Fixes? Or is it goodbye time. Born about 48 hours ago.

@Mathew_of_LWFAH Recent wool prices (CDN) suggest a typical fleece is worth ~$1.20 and would require ~3 minutes shearing by a skilled shearer. ~$24/h for physically demanding seasonal skilled labour if the shearer was to receive the total value of the fleece (i.e. not sharing with support crew).

@Mathew_of_LWFAH Decline in the value of wool with development of synthetic fibres was the starting point. Many areas that still raise sheep find shearing to cost more than the wool harvested is worth, making shearing a welfare cost and not a revenue source.

It’s about time to shear in preparation for spring lambs! This is one of those skills that has quickly faded from the landscape of rural America. I have a suspicion that a lack of skilled shearers is one of the contributing factors to a decline in people choosing to raise wool sheep. These are Icelandic so they serve both meat and wool - but it is clear they at least a consequence of industrialized wool production has likely lead to a decrease in demand for shearing which has led to a decrease in practicality for small farms and homesteads to keep sheep.

@SamaHoole Mostly exactly this. Cattle are a source, but not necessarily a net contributor. Cattle are also an easy target, but not necessarily the major cause. Things can (should?) be done, but if this is all, it will not be enough, b/c it is not the primary issue.

Activist: "Methane from cattle is wrecking the climate." Farmer: "How long does methane stay in the atmosphere?" Activist: "A long time." Farmer: "About twelve years. Then it breaks down to CO2, which the grass absorbs, which the cow eats. Round and round." Activist: "It still adds to emissions." Farmer: "Only if the herd is growing. Mine's been the same size for twenty years." Activist: "The overall number of cattle..." Farmer: "UK cattle numbers have been falling since the 1970s." Activist: "I didn't know that." Farmer: "Most people don't." Activist: "Where does that data come from?" Farmer: "AHDB. Government agricultural statistics. Available to anyone." Activist: [pause] Farmer: "It's not in the documentaries. I'll give you that."

@gonads16 Only question is whether the fence was a target or an innocent casualty of the remaining three trying to sort out pecking order. Does not look horse high, or pig tight, and is obviously not bull strong.

Had over 30 bulls in this pen for a month never broke a thing. Three left behind for a retest and the turned entire fence into firewood . 🤦‍♂️

@IanRunkle Buying a farm is buying a job. Still need to work it and while the employment may be secure, the wage is often not.

Further thought: I wonder how much of this "buy a farm" stuff is posted by farmers who will be both amused by some city slicker failing gloriously at starting a farm, and also eager for a chance to buy up that farm on the cheap when the city slicker gives up.

@SamaHoole Vitamin C unless you are eating raw (i.e. muktuk in traditional Inuit diet)...destroyed during cooking. Omnivore is where you do not need supplements...but only if balanced.

You don't need supplements on carnivore. The supplement shelf was filling gaps left by a diet that didn't contain things the body needs. Remove the gaps by eating the actual food, and the supplements become redundant. A diet of red meat, eggs, cheese, and fatty fish will cover all of your nutrient needs. Iodine is the one worth considering: the soil is depleted, and iodine competes with other halogens for uptake. That's it. Nothing else is necessary. The supplement industry thrives on complexity. Carnivore removes the complexity. Don't add it back.

@BuffaloAgLtd He eventually called grandpa and asked how many perogies the recipe was for. Grandpa's response was that the 'Company' in 'Company Perogies' was a military company of 100 men plus officers and the recipe was to feed them. He had been a cook in WWII. 😲🤣

@BuffaloAgLtd As one dish in a meal ~6. As the main (only) dish ~12. These are minimums...for children. My father tells a story of using grandpa's recipe for perogies (Company Perogies) and the challenges that resulted in finding enough filling for all of the dough produced. 1/2

How many perogies is it acceptable to eat in one sitting...6, 8 or 10?

@EastTNMama Hard to say what that means without information on age, breed, live weight, carcass weight, cut profile, etc. $6.40/lb for top grade young animal is probably good, not so much if it is old cull cow.

So, my grass fed half cow ended up being 250 pounds of meat for around $6.40 a pound. What do you think?

@vansk24 @andrew_leach @journo_dale Not much point...even when the calculations are correct then tend to use some pretty questionable data. Simpler, more effective, and more accurate to just redo them on your own with more reliable starting data.

@andrew_leach @journo_dale Does anyone ever ask him to show his calculations ?

The industrial carbon price doesn't apply to diesel at the pump. If you think it adds 30c/l to the cost of production and refining (where it actually applies), you simply have no idea about the emissions profile of a litre of diesel fuel.

@NobodymrRobert Pre-twirled noodle. A slip and they will be lucky if there is enough to get to an emergency room. Chain or ratchet strap a beam extension to the top and use it like a lever...much safer ways of accomplishing the same.

What do we call this.

@IanRunkle Many of the younger generation are having difficulty affording housing. Land really worth farming is mostly occupied and pricey. For many, the degree is needed to just to ensure employment that should keep their heads above water.

Sure, buy millions of dollars worth of land to do back-breaking work for low returns. I mean, there's many "skip the degree" paths to success, but if you've never farmed, that's gonna be playing life on super-challenge mode.

@emilyofeasttx Fail to see the problem with this...

men will smoke a huge slab of meat and be like “ok dinner is ready!” and it’s just the meat. No sides, nothing to drink, just here is my meat.

@AniUluadluak4 My preference is to be on the edge of the trees looking out at some open land. Mountains at my back and plains in front. All stuff that gets into your psychology in regards to what feels right.

@HushtonBlock Yes I really don’t like going through the trees hehe, I love open land hehe

Me and my nephew got some caribou 👍 rough land out there hehe -35 today went south about 30 miles from Arviat

@modernTman A reminder that most fences may be viewed as 'suggestions'. Seemed placid enough once he was through.

This Bonsmara bull had somewhere else to be. Can’t blame him. What we do is delicate. We don’t move widgets — we steward life and livestock. And we consider them the same thing. That requires something the commodity system was never built to hold. Emotional IQ. Patience. Persistence. A reverence for the animal that doesn’t fit on a spreadsheet. We know what we’re up against. We build #FoodSecurity systems anyway. We call it #BeefIntelligence. Because this work is sacred. And it deserves to be seen. Get signed up. See the intelligence behind your food supply. - Texas Slim™️ | Beef.com @beefinitiative @maxkeiser

@THEsodakRANCHER No water, no life. Have seen a wood burning stove attached to a water trough to deal with ice...still need the axe.

Water is the main ingredient in making beef. The cow doesn’t care how big that silage pile is or how tight your 569 rolls a big round bale. No water? No beef.

@GK_Fellows There does appear to be a predisposition to start with conclusions, then proceed to supporting math without much attention to ensuring the math is correct. Most are taught to plot their data points then fit their regression line, but some still like to do that in reverse.

~1100km round trip YYZ to YUL. 52 weeks/yr: ~57k km A Class 8 truck consumes ~35 liters per 100 km. So: ~20,000L annual consumption. The food professor is arguing the industrial carbon tax now adds 30cpl to diesel. The (now repealed) Consumer carbon tax added 17cpl.

@BarryESharp @JackDan110 Probable important details and nuance that are likely to go greatly underappreciated with this platform.

The K’ómoks First Nation has the legal authority over its reserve lands and has exercised it by ending the 50-year head lease at Queneesh Trailer Park effective January 31, 2028. This provides the standard two-year notice period, waives pad rental fees (saving tenants roughly $11,000 each), and includes referrals to housing services. The Nation needs the site for its own members’ housing and community purposes, a legitimate use of reserve land under current law. For the 37 mobile homes and over 100 residents, many there 30–40+ years, the practical impact is different. Relocation of a trailer typically runs $18,000–$20,000 or more. Many units carry outstanding mortgages (some over $80,000), lose up to 90% of market value when forced onto the open market, and face a Comox Valley / Vancouver Island pad shortage inside a province-wide housing deficit. British Columbia needs an estimated 430,000–480,000 new homes annually just to keep pace; core housing need already affects 1.5 million Canadian households. These numbers are not abstract. They are measured outcomes in a market already strained by the same regulatory and investment climate that the Fraser Institute quantifies at more than $670 billion in stalled resource, energy, and infrastructure projects nationwide since 2015. BC’s DRIPA framework and federal alignment with UNDRIP have added layers of title uncertainty and extended approval timelines that suppress supply and raise costs for every citizen, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike. Auditor General reports confirm that despite annual federal Indigenous spending approaching $32 billion, measurable improvements in on-reserve housing, health, and economic integration remain inconsistent. Modern treaties such as the Tsawwassen Final Agreement demonstrate a working alternative: fixed boundaries, fee-simple titles, full application of Charter section 15 equality to every citizen, revenue sharing, and finality. That single agreement has unlocked more than $1 billion in investment and thousands of jobs without perpetual veto rights or overlapping claims. The fix is not to question the K’ómoks’ right to manage their own land. It is to deliver evidence-based policy that prevents zero-sum outcomes: immediate provincial relocation grants and mortgage-relief coordination for long-term tenants statutory 24-to-36-month maximum review timelines for all housing and infrastructure projects with clear national-interest overrides repeal of provisions that create de-facto vetoes beyond the Supreme Court’s established duty to consult elimination of interprovincial trade barriers that cost the economy $210 billion a year in lost GDP immigration and growth targets tied directly to verified infrastructure capacity These steps expand supply, control costs, and generate the fiscal room needed for equitable transition support. They replace ideology and division with measurable results: more homes built, lower energy and housing prices, and shared prosperity under one law for all. Evidence over excuses. Citizens first. Canada First.

RESIDENTS of a Comox Valley trailer park have been EVICTED by the K'omoks First Nation band because the trailer park sits on their land. MANY of these residents have lived there for 40 years. 👀